Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1164

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£70

Pair: Private Andrea, 2nd King’s African Rifles

British War and Victory Medals (465 Pte., 2/K.A.R.) polished, fine or better

Pair: Private Asani, 2nd King’s African Rifles

British War and Victory Medals (1246 Pte., 2/K.A.R.) the first with re-pinned but slack and bent suspension, polished, fine (4)
£50-60

Private Asani, a member of the Yao tribe who enlisted in June 1915, was wounded in action at Nyengedi on 28 September 1917, and subsequently discharged with a gratuity at Limbe in April 1919.