AN INTERESTING GROUP OF ZULU WAR (1879) PERIOD ITEMS

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AN INTERESTING GROUP OF ZULU WAR (1879) PERIOD ITEMS
Comprising: A Martini-Henry .450 service rifle, No. 1299 dated 1878, a small Zulu ceremonial shield, a socket bayonet with locking ring, the autograph of Lt. J.Chard (taken from a letter) on a mounted reproduction photograph of this officer, a letter dated 1882 bearing the signature of Evelyn Wood, and a fine example of the South Africa Campaign medal, bar:1879, awarded to Pte. T. Rhind, 17th D.C.O. Lancers, who is believed to have taken part in the cavalry charge at the battle of Ulundi

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Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., who as a Colonel commanded No. 3 Column during the inital invasion of Zululand in 1879. He was awarded the V.C. for gallantry in India in 1859
Lt. Chard, Royal Engineers, commanded the garrison at Rorke's Drift during the heroic defence against the Zulus during the night of 22nd/23rd January 1879. He was awarded the V.C. for his gallantry in the action