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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 258

Natal Carbineers

The unit participated in the invasion of Zululand in January 1879 and, on 22 January, suffered 23 killed in action at Isandhlwana. The unit was subsequently relegated to garrison duties at Landman's Drift on the Mzinyathi, or Buffalo River. The unit remains to this day as the Ingobamakhosi Carbineers.

75 Medals to this unit, all with clasp '1879'.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Tr. Brown. Natal Carbineers.), post a little bent, very fine

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320