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Siege of Kimberley, soup ticket for 6 pints at Town Hall depot, type 1, ND (1899-1900), beige paper, pencil annotations and mounting traces on reverse, minor foxing spots

Sold for a hammer price of GBP 380. Totals: GBP 489. R 11,250. AUD 900. NZD 980. CAD 820. USD 600. EUR 550.

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Siege of Kimberley, soup ticket for 6 pints at Town Hall depot, type 1, ND (1899-1900), pale green paper, uncirculated

Sold for a hammer price of GBP 380. Totals: GBP 489. R 11,250. AUD 900. NZD 980. CAD 820. USD 600. EUR 550.

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Siege of Kimberley, soup ticket for 3 pints at Town Hall depot, type 2, ND (1899-1900), red card, extremely fine

Sold for a hammer price of GBP 320. Totals: GBP 412. R 9,470. AUD 760. NZD 830. CAD 690. USD 510. EUR 470.

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Siege of Beaconsfield, soup ticket for 2 pints at Town Hall depot, type 2, ND (1899-1900), red card, stamped signature,
Ineson 336

Sold for a hammer price of GBP 420. Totals: GBP 541. R 12,430. AUD 1,000. NZD 1,080. CAD 910. USD 660. EUR 610.

No. 2 Redoubt, Kimberley Mine, showing men of "M" Company Kimberley Town Guard and two of the Diamond Field Artillery's Armstrong 7-pdr RML guns (on "Kaffrarian" field carriages).

SEE ALSO: Armstrong 7-pdr (200 lb) Mark IV RML (mounted on Kaffrarian Field Carriage) and Armstrong 7-pdr (200 lb) Mark IV RML





A seven-man D.F.A. gun team operating one of the corps' six 7-pdr RML guns (five with the gun; two with the limber). It seems that some members of "M" Company Kimberley Town Guard were merely young boys. Did they, like their fathers, receive QSAs with DoK clasps for their roll in the defence of the town?.







Map of Kimberley, showing the location of No. 2 Redoubt. Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol. XXVI (1900)




Below are two photographs of "Long Cecil", which was positioned on the north side of No. 2 Redoubt (marked as Big Gun Positions on the map above).









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View of Kimberley from the Rock Shaft headgear, together with map and aerial photograph showing the approximate field of view.

Note that this photograph must have been taken some time before the siege, as the "Conning Tower" headgear (left of centre) is of a different, shorter construction to that seen in 1899-1900 images.



.From the album of Emilie Chamberlain (niece of Joseph Chamberlain).





.Official History, Vol. II, Map No. 29





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