9th Jan, 2013 9:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 36
 

36

A Victorian/ George V Group of Four Medals, awarded to CAPT. (later COL.) E.H.R.C.R. PLATT...

A Victorian/ George V Group of Four Medals, awarded to CAPT. (later COL.) E.H.R.C.R. PLATT SOM:L.I., comprising India Medal 1896 with two clasps PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98 and TIRAH 1897-98, Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902, British War Medal and Victory Medal, together with research material
** Captain E H R C R Platt was to be Brevet Major- Edinburgh Gazette November 4, 1902.. As Lieutenant Colonel, he was the Commanding Officer to the 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry in the First World War
***See lot 188 for his fighting knife

Sold for £580
Estimated at £400 - £500


 

The naming of the India Medal is quite clear except for the Som.:Lt which is quite worn. The edge does not look thin, as it would if renamed The naming of the Queen's South Africa Medal is worn and sketchy over Capt. which is in lower case as opposed to his full name. Again the edge does not look thin, as it would if renamed The First World War Pair look ok. Captain Platt WAS NOT awarded the DCM as described, but was to be Brevet Major This group came from the family via a third party.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 9th Jan, 2013

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