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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 216

Bowker's Rovers

Raised in Graaff-Reinet and Somerset East districts by Commandant B. E. Bowker for the Ninth War of 1877.

85 Medals issued to this unit, 47 of which with the '1877-8' clasp. The unit also earned some 34 of a total of all the 167 rare '1877' clasps - for the operations from September 1877.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Tpr. C. Mattig. Bowkers Rovers.), very fine

Also served alongside a relative, Trooper M. Mattig.

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320