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Boer War, Orange free State & Transvaal Artillery tunic, 1899.…
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Sydney
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22-May-2016
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Boer War, Orange free State & Transvaal Artillery tunic, 1899. tunic of The Transvaal Staats Artillery. The Boer Unit numbered 1,000 trained burghers, mostly young men, in 1899. These men were not trained, as the English press alleged, by German, French, or Russian officers. Erasmus and Wolmarans did the necessary training; no foreigners being required for the purpose. Two German lieutenants were in charge of the Johannesburg Fort when war began, and three Dutch officers and one private were numbered in the force. Outside of these six or seven Europeans, the whole Transvaal Artillery was composed of Africander Boers. In the Orange Free State an ex-German officer, Major Albrecht, had command of that Republic's artillery, which numbered 300 men. A few of these were Europeans, some more were Dutch from Cape Colony, but over ninety per cent, of the corps were Free Staters. Fantastic one of a kind tunic That is from one of only two regular army units of the Boers. Some mothing present behind aguilette. Provenance: Peter Nathan Militaria
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Militaria & Weapons: Uniforms, Kit, & Field Equipment