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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 222

Cape Mounted Yeomanry Regiment

The unit were raised as a fully-funded local militia by the Cape Government in 1878 for the defence of the western frontier. Its intention was to raise some 3,000 'gentlemen farmers' but that number was never reached. During the 1877-79 campaigns, three Regiments served in the field. The 1st under Colonel Brabant numbered around 300, the 2nd under Lieutenant-Colonel Southey numbered around 170 and the 3rd under Lieutenant-Colonel Minto numbered around 115. They all shared in the operations against Moirosi's Mountain in June 1879 and were disbanded in 1881.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Sergt. S. Ready. 1st Cape Yeory.), good very fine

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320