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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 214

Bolotwa Volunteers

A little-known unit of Europeans, the Bolotwa Volunteers - under the command of Captain Wilson - were awarded 18 Medals, all of them with the '1878' clasp, 5 of these being returned to the Mint.

South Africa 1877-89, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Capt: J. Wilson. Bolotwa. Vol:), good very fine and rare to a unit C.O.

Presumably Wilson had seen further service in the 1877 campaign which qualified him for the '1877-8' clasp. As stated the Volunteers roll suggests just the '1878' clasp.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£600