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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 221

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Pte. S. Barnett. C. M. Rifles.), very fine

Samuel Barnett was born in 1853 and served in the Cape Mounted Rifles from June 1878-July 1881. During this period he served on campaign and was put into the Defaulters' Book on several occasions. The unit shared in the attacks on Moirosi's Mountain, when Sergeant Scott & Trooper Brown each won the Victoria Cross on 8 April 1879 and Surgeon Major Hartley on 5 June 1879. Barnett was probably present on these days.

His Medal was issued to him when living at 10 West 20th Street, New York in December 1882.

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320