Eight: Lieutenant R.R. Poole, Natal Mounted Rifles, Late Army Post Office Corps, Natal Telegraph Corps, South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps and Natal Carbineers, Queen's South Africa, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (445 Cpl., A.P.O. Corps); King's South Africa, two clasps (445 Serjt., A.P.O. Corps); Natal, one clasp, 1906 (Tpr., Natal Telegraph Corps), the word 'Corps' privately engraved; 1914-15 Star (Lt., S.A.F.T. & P.C.); British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (Lt.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Lt., 2nd M.R. (Natal Carbs.)); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, G.V.R. (Lieut., Natal Mtd. Rifles), officially impressed naming, the earlier awards with contact wear and edge bruising, generally very fine or better (8)

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Eight: Lieutenant R.R. Poole, Natal Mounted Rifles, Late Army Post Office Corps, Natal Telegraph Corps, South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps and Natal Carbineers, Queen's South Africa, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (445 Cpl., A.P.O. Corps); King's South Africa, two clasps (445 Serjt., A.P.O. Corps); Natal, one clasp, 1906 (Tpr., Natal Telegraph Corps), the word 'Corps' privately engraved; 1914-15 Star (Lt., S.A.F.T. & P.C.); British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (Lt.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Lt., 2nd M.R. (Natal Carbs.)); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, G.V.R. (Lieut., Natal Mtd. Rifles), officially impressed naming, the earlier awards with contact wear and edge bruising, generally very fine or better (8)

Lot Essay

Sold with three old photographs, comprising a portrait of the recipient as a young Merchant Navy Officer; a view of Isandhlwana from the East, by F.W. Baxter, with detailed caption, and the 'Dundee (Natal) School Cadets' on parade; together with the recipient's handwritten list of his Honours and Awards, a footnote stating, 'During the Boer War, I witnessed the charge of the 12th Lancers and saw the Earl of Airlie (Commanding) shot out of the saddle and killed. The 'Diamond Hill' bar on the Queen's Medal commemorates this'.

The Natal Telegraph Corps earned 38 '1906' clasps for the Bambata Rebellion.