Lot 691
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Pair: Private A.W.H. Martin, Cape Mounted Police, Queen's South Africa, three clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (1589 Pte., Cape P.D. 1); Kimberley Star (Hallmarks for Birmingham, 1900), the reverse of the lower suspension bar privately engraved, 'A.H.W. Martin', and the obverse of upper suspension brooch privately engraved, 'Cape Mounted Police', very fine or better (2)

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Pair: Private A.W.H. Martin, Cape Mounted Police, Queen's South Africa, three clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (1589 Pte., Cape P.D. 1); Kimberley Star (Hallmarks for Birmingham, 1900), the reverse of the lower suspension bar privately engraved, 'A.H.W. Martin', and the obverse of upper suspension brooch privately engraved, 'Cape Mounted Police', very fine or better (2)

Lot Essay

Private Alfred Wright Henry Martin, a farmer from Essex, sailed to South Africa and enlisted in the Cape Police in April 1898, aged 23 years.