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Auction #122 begins on 03 Apr 2025

Du Plessis (A. J.)

THE UMVOTI MOUNTED RIFLES 1864-1975 - inscribed by Cmdt. John W. Allchin, O.C. of the UMR

inscribed by Cmdt. John W. Allchin, Officer Commanding the Umvoti Mounted Rifles from 1987-'92

Published: The Author, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 1975

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $70

Approximately:

Estimate: $90

Bidding opens: 3 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Apr 16:30 GMT

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Original black cloth binding with red foil titles on spine and red foil armorial crest on the front panel.

200pp. Illustrated. Inscribed and dated by Cmdt John Allchin on the front endpaper and additionally signed on the rubber stamp of his office on the title page.

Binding tight and square. Contents clean. An excellent copy!

History of this Regiment covering the period from its inception in 1864 through the Zulu War in 1879, the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, Bambata Rebellion of 1906, the First World War and German South West African Campaign, the Second World War and North African Campaign.

Roll of Honour on page 192.

  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 29 x 21cm


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