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Siege of Mafeking, an engraved bullet, this engraved 'Mafeking Siege 1899-1900', with yellow metal mounts, very fine

F.C. Dickinson's original wash drawing "The Relief of Mafeking: the Good News Announced at the Mansion House on Friday Night". Published in The Graphic, 26 May 1900 (Vol. LXI, No. 1,591, p.749).
Ex Ken Griffith Collection (1981 auction).



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Two Mafeking soup tickets from the next Noble Numismatics auction.

Two pictures of the cemetery at Mafeking, taken last month.

My thanks to Gustavo Alvarez and the photographer Juan Dávila and Verdin for allowing these images to be shared.