Lot 401
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Pair: Trooper F. Coulston, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek [unofficially riveted] (7522 Pte., Thorneycroft's M.I.); King's South Africa, two clasps (7522 Tpr., Thorneycroft's M.I.), this last officially renamed, heavily polished, fair to fine (2)

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Pair: Trooper F. Coulston, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek [unofficially riveted] (7522 Pte., Thorneycroft's M.I.); King's South Africa, two clasps (7522 Tpr., Thorneycroft's M.I.), this last officially renamed, heavily polished, fair to fine (2)

Lot Essay

Private F. Coulston was wounded at Colenso. He was a typical sort in the original South Africa Mounted Irregular Forces, having served in the ranks of the York and Lancaster Regiment prior to the Boer War.