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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 265

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Capt: J. R. Galley, 2nd. Bn. Nat: N. Contt.), good very fine

Thomas H. Galley was born at Port Elizabeth in 1858. He served as a Captain in the 2nd Battalion, Natal Native Contingent before emigrating to the United States, taking work as a sugar boiler.

Galley enlisted into the United States Army in January 1882 and served as a Corporal in Captain Thomas Robinson's 'H' Company of the 19th Regiment of Infantry. He died of pneumonia at Fort Ringgold, Texas on 7 February 1884 and was buried in grave 77, Plot 12. This Medal was noted in his effects.

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£480