Boer War 1st Bn Coldstream Guards Chocolate Tin & Contents.
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Boer War 1st Bn Coldstream Guards Chocolate Tin & Contents.
A rare example with contents sent home from the battlefields of South Africa by Private C Tipper who was wounded at Modern River.
The tin remains in good clean condition and retains four bars of chocolate with some straw padding. Also in the tin is a period piece of paper stating sent to Miss Smith of Bognor by 573 Private C Tipper 1st Coldstream Guards South Africa.
A rare opportunity to acquire a tin knowing who carried it and sent it home.
573 Private C Tipper was reported wounded at Modder River on the 28th November 1899. For his service in South Africa he was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Belmont, Modern River, Orange Free State, Driefontein, King’s South Africa Medal, clasps South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902.
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