Other Properties - Militaria
Lot 5550 Session 20 (7:30pm Friday) Other Properties - Militaria
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $320
BOER WAR, fold-out table spoon in Britannia silver with celluloid handle and at handle end on one side is inset a Jubilee silver bust of Queen Victoria, on the metal handle near the spoon is impressed, 'SPION KOP' and on the underside the maker's mark, 'WG S*B', William Hallimore & Sons, Sheffield, Britannia (type of silver). Fine and scarce.
The Battle of Spion Kop was fought during the Boer War on the hilltop of Spioenkop about 38km west-south-west of Ladysmith in Natal from 23-24 January 1900 by forces of the South African Republic and Orange Free State against British forces with the Boers emerging victorious.
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