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Here is a link to the item on the C&T site: bid.candtauctions.co.uk/lot-details/inde...red%3D0%26key%3Dboer

There are several pictures.

This is the caption for the item which differs from the catalogue description:

2nd Battalion, F Company, Harrismith, South Africa. 2nd Mounted Intantry Battalion, 1910.

Thank you, David,

1910 makes much more sense. That would tally with the 1903 pattern bandolier and the transitional tunic (with longer skirt, but still retaining stand-up collar).

As IL points out the boots are much later. They are of the type I spent many hours spit-and-polishing when I was in the school cadet force in the 1970s. ABW regulation service boots did not have toe-caps. See below for the example brought home by 2420 Lance-Corporal Henry Pullin, 2nd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment.

Pullen kept the boot because he was wearing it when he was shot in the foot at Klip Kraal (Paaredeberg). It retains the bullet hole, entering through the heel and exiting via the uppers.

I have written a piece about Pullen's boot, which can be found here:

Lance-Corporal Pullin's boot (or shot through the foot at Klip Kraal)



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Just the jacket this time from C and T.

Described as:

Rare Boer War 65th (Leicestershire) Company Imperial Yeomanry Troopers Service Dress Tunic, khaki wool four pocket tunic with blackened Imperial Yeomanry tunic buttons, early large type blackened brass shoulder titles ’65 I Y’. The interior of the tunic has internal belt. Remains of the original paper label to the interior. Strip of replaced material behind the buttons and to the collar. The tunic shows wear, with stitching faults around the shoulder, also some moth damage. Super rare to find original early wool Boer War period service dress tunics for other ranks troopers. The 65th Company (Leicestershire) Imperial Yeomanry was recruited from men with no military experience. They were one of the first Imperial Yeomanry units to take part in the Boer War in 1900. The first contingent in South Africa consisted of just 120 officers and men.

Estimate: £600 - £1,000

And the slouch hat ....


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Described as:

Rare Boer War Imperial Yeomanry Slouch Hat, light tan felt slouch hat with brass IY on green / maroon ribbon pagri badge to the side flap. Cloth fold pagri to the centre. Three small eyelet vent holes. Brown leather chinstrap but the leather sweatband now absent. Stamped to the inside crown ‘R H – 18328’, third letter not clear. Shows wear and fading but an extremely rare item of Boer War headdress. See lot 258 for Boer War Imperial Yeomanry tunic.

Estimate 1,200 GBP - 1,800 GBP

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