Auction Catalogue

16 November 2009

Starting at 2:00 PM

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The Late Bruce C Cazel Collection of British Campaign Awards

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Lot

№ 172 x

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16 November 2009

Hammer Price:
£120

Pair: Private Andrea, King’s African Rifles

British War and Victory Medals (5568 Pte., 2/K.A.R.)

Pair: Private Yalabi, King’s African Rifles, wounded in action, 6 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (4345 Pte., 2/K.A.R.) some edge bruising, fine and better (4)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Bruce C Cazel Collection of British Campaign Awards.

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Yalabi, of the Nyanja Tribe, from the village of Kawalika, in the district of Chiadzulu, enlisted into the King’s African Rifles on 18 January 1917. His records state he received 12 lashes for refusing to obey an order on 20 April 1918 and was wounded in action on 6 September 1918. He was discharged on the reduction of the establishment on 30 April 1919. With copied service papers and research.