Auction Catalogue

27 & 28 June 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1069

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28 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£60

Pair: African Detective Sergeant 1st Class Philip, British South Africa Police

War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Colonial Police L.S. & G.C. Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (10157 African Det. 1 Cl. Sgt. Philip, B.S.A. Police), mounted as worn, contact marks and edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £60-80

Philip, who was from the Matobo District, enlisted in the British South Africa Police in September 1937 and served in the C.I.D. in Bulawayo. Awarded the War Medal 1939-45, and his L.S. & G.C. Medal in February 1956, he retired in November 1958.

Sold with copied retirement portrait photograph from Mapolisa.