Lot Essay
Gough's Mounted Infantry, strength around 280 Officers and men, suffered heavy losses at Blood River Poort, Natal on 17.9.1901, when 44 men became casualties and the remainder prisoners.
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A Boer War Period Trooper's Field Compass
Pocket watch style metal case, the front outside lid crudely engraved with the Republic of South Africa Arms, and the inside lid similarly engraved, '2 K.R. Rifles, M.I. Coy., Pte. Bake, T., Gough's M.I., Field Force, S.A., Boer War, 1899-1900-1901', complete with wearing chain and two attached 3d. pieces
Pocket watch style metal case, the front outside lid crudely engraved with the Republic of South Africa Arms, and the inside lid similarly engraved, '2 K.R. Rifles, M.I. Coy., Pte. Bake, T., Gough's M.I., Field Force, S.A., Boer War, 1899-1900-1901', complete with wearing chain and two attached 3d. pieces