Sold
R400
Starting Bid: R200
Est.
R500
- R1,000
Live Auction
25 & 26 May 2021 - Online & Live: Fine Furniture, Important Silver, Jewellery, Antiques, Carpets & Collectables
Live bidding began
May 25, 2021 at 9 AM SAST
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Description
BOER WAR MEMORABILIA: A "Zuid-Afrikaans Verjaardagboek" Birthday Book, belonged to seller's grandmother, Emmarentia Jacoba van Zyl, who was held prisoner with her mother, in a Concentration Camp during the Boer War, selling with four metallic Pie Tins which belonged to Andrew Morrison, seller's grandfather, who was a baker from Glasgow, seconded to the British Army during the Boer War, he was stationed at Inchanga, these pie tins were used daily to bake pies for the troops. How the two met and married remains a mystery! (5)