Military Literature

Sale 106    29–31 Jul 2014   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 4075    SESSION 13 - 2.30PM Thursday 31 July    Military Literature

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $420

3RD NSWMR, unofficial badge worn during Boer War, cut out of brass, with pin back fitting; NSW Military Forces button (2, one large, one small); patriotic tally with sewn on patch featuring wounded soldier with rifle, above 'Good Luck to The Imperial Bushmen' and below 'The Absent Minded Beggar'; envelope with three NSW penny red stamps affixed, addressed to Trooper C.F. Simpson 563, A Company, 2nd Regt N.S.Wales Mounted Rifles, C/- Colonel Lassetter Field Forces, South Africa, posted 1902, diagonally across top left corner, 'Base Cape Town' and on reverse postmarks for Army Post Office Pretoria and Army P.O.54 S.Africa. Fine - very fine. (6)

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