Stellenbosch Mounted Infantry Martingale
Greetings all - It occurred to me after I sold these items a long time ago, that due to their rarity, they should be put on the forum. My apologies for the quality of the photographs but those were the days of inferior cameras(unless you had unlimited funds).
Raised during the Boer War Stellenbosch Mounted Infantry consisted of 1 Officer and 31 other ranks.
During the Anglo Boer War (1899-1902), troops from a British background were sent to the front to fight on the British side under the regimental name Stellenbosch Mounted Infantry. After this war, the Stellenbosch Mounted Rifles and Western Rifles of the Cape were merged to form the Western Province Mounted Rifles, which comprised three infantry sub-units
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