Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1129

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£290

Five: Detective Station Sergeant Bvumbi, British South Africa Police and Rhodesia Police

Rhodesia Police Meritorious Service Medal (10620 D./Stn./Sgt.); Rhodesia General Service Medal (10620 D./Stn./Sgt.); Rhodesia Police L.S. & G.C. (10620 D./Stn./Sgt.); War Medal 1939-45; Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service, E.II.R. (10620 African Det. Cl. 2 Sgt. Tawona, B.S.A. Police), note different surname but identical number, mounted as worn, contact wear and edge bruising, about very fine and better (5) £180-220

Detective Station Sergeant Bvumbi was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service in July 1971.

The fifth item is a Colonial Police Medal for Long Service; the footnote should refer to the award of the Rhodesian Police Medal for Meritorious Service, not the Colonial Police Medal