Orders, Decorations and Medals

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Dawkita 1897, unnamed, good very fine and rare £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell.

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A batch of 50 medals and clasps ‘Dawkita’ was struck at the Royal Mint and sent out unnamed to West Africa in June 1909. It is thought that these medals were for those troops who had been present in the action at Wa and who were not considered to be eligible in the first batch of 42 awards.