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Not a medal but a commemoration; coming up in Woolley & Wallis auction next week, 3rd Feb.: Lot 34 - hidden amongst lots of silverware:
www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk/departments/s...v030226/view-lot/34/

A late-Victorian silver and enamel vesta case, Boer War interest, by Saunders & Shepherd, Birmingham
Estimate: £200 - £300+ Buyers Premium
A late-Victorian silver and enamel vesta case, Boer War interest,
by Saunders & Shepherd, Birmingham 1899,
rectangular form, hinged cover with a ring attachment, the hinged front enamelled with the scene of a wounded soldier carrying his gun, and written 'A Gentleman in Kharki', with a photograph compartment, height 5.2cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.

'A Gentleman in Khaki' comes from a line in the Rudyard Kipling poem, 'The Absent Minded Beggar'.

Good luck if going for it.




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