Lot 48
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DRESS MINIATURES: Seven: attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. De Kock, Late Fort Commander, Mafeking Town Guard, Queen's South Africa, one clasp, Def. of Mafeking; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Union of South Africa 1910; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, good very fine, mounted as worn from two bars (7)

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DRESS MINIATURES: Seven: attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. De Kock, Late Fort Commander, Mafeking Town Guard, Queen's South Africa, one clasp, Def. of Mafeking; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Union of South Africa 1910; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, good very fine, mounted as worn from two bars (7)

Lot Essay

Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. De Kock not only commanded a Fort during the siege of Mafeking but as an Attorney often appeared at the Courts of Summary Jurisdiction. He defended Lieutenant Murchison at his Court Martial for the murder of the journalist E.G. Parslow and often defended natives who faced capital charges.