Lot Essay
The Isipingo Mounted Rifles
Raised near Durban in 1879, and commanded by Captain D. Stainbank, the I.M.R. served for a short time on the Zululand Frontier prior to being amalgamated with the Alexandra Mounted Rifles. Armed with Swinburne-Henry carbines, and sporting uniforms of blue with scarlet facings, the unit was issued with just 40 Medals, 39 of them without clasp.
Raised near Durban in 1879, and commanded by Captain D. Stainbank, the I.M.R. served for a short time on the Zululand Frontier prior to being amalgamated with the Alexandra Mounted Rifles. Armed with Swinburne-Henry carbines, and sporting uniforms of blue with scarlet facings, the unit was issued with just 40 Medals, 39 of them without clasp.