Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private G. Beni, King’s African Rifles

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s somewhat damaged but still legible Certificate of Service and Discharge, the medals with traces of verdigris and showing signs of damp, nearly very fine (5) £40-£50

Godfrey Beni was born in Zomba, Nyasaland, of the Ngoni Tribe and attested for the King’s African Rifles on 30 November 1939. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he served during the Second World War in East Africa, Madagascar, South East Asia, Reunion, and India. He was discharged on 5 February 1946, after 6 years and 54 days’ service.