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QSA (2) Talana, Defence of Ladysmith (20561 Gnr. E. Driver. 67th. Bty., R.F.A.) recipient’s first initial obliterated, edge bruising and traces of acid cleaning

R. E. Driver attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with the 67th Battery in South Africa during the Boer War.

He died of dysentery at Ladysmith on 1 March 1900.

"Acid" Cleaning, I think a bit of Goddard's would be better!

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QSA (4) Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4488 Pte. R. Hinchcliffe, 1: Leic: Regt.)
[ KSA (2) ]

QSA (4) Liverpool Medals July 1984 £97

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QSA (6) CC Tal DoL OFS LN Belf (1137 Private G Skipp KRRC)
KSA (2) (1137 Private G Skipp KRRC)

George Skipp was born in 188o in Stockton, Durham.

There is a term the antique trade like to use, country house condition, but, very nice to see, I wonder what was going through the recipients mind on that awful day at Dundee, just one year earlier he had been a grocer, life would have become rather more challenging and less certain.

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QSA (6) CC Tal DoL OFS LN Belf (1137 Private G Skipp KRRC)
KSA (2) (1137 Private G Skipp KRRC)

George Skipp was born in 188o in Stockton, Durham.

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QSA (5) Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (7353 Pte. W. Baxter. K.R.R.C.), unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps.

Entitled to QSA (4) Tal DoL OFS Tr, KSA (2)

QSA (5) inc CC. Spink Dec 85 £95. Spink Jan 88 £75. Spink Mar 90 £120. DNW Mar 07 £240. Liverpool Jan 09 £360.