Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Native Sergeant Teulo, British South Africa Police

War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, with Second Award Clasp (6698 Native Sgt. Teulo, B.S.A.P.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £120-150

Sajeni Teulo, of the Angoni Tribe, served in the East African Campaign with the 3rd Battalion King’s African Rifles. Having served over 2 years, he was discharged on 14 May 1919. He attested for the B.S.A.P. on 1 July 1920 and was promoted to Lance-Corporal in April 1929; Corporal in January 1933; Sergeant Instructor in September 1935 and 1st Class Sergeant in October 1944. He was awarded the Colonial Police L.S. & G.C. with a gratuity of £5 in July 1938, and the clasp in July 1945. Awarded a War Gratuity on 21 December 1945.

Discharged on 10 March 1948, he died at the Mhangula Copper Mine, Nyasaland in April 1959.

With B.S.A.P. document recommending Teulo’s promotion to Corporal in the Askari Platoon, dated 20 January 1933; Oath to King George V document, dated Salisbury, 13 June 1934; B.S.A. Police Pass, 1923; Portuguese Pass, 1923; B.S.A. Police History Sheet; together with a quantity of copied papers, including a photocopied photograph, all held in a folder.