LONDON auction house Dix Noonan Webb set a new high for a Rorke’s Drift South Africa Medal on March 1 – improving upon a record set just three months ago.
At the sale a South Africa Medal (right) with clasp for 1879 awarded to Driver Charles Robson, who was batman to the commanding officer Lieutenant John Chard during the epic defence against the Zulus, sold for £110,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium) against an estimate of £30,000-40,000. It was bought by a private collector bidding on the phone.