Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant L. Avery, Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force

1914-15 Star (T. Sjt. L. Avery. Nig. R.); British War and Victory Medals (T. Sjt. L. Avery. Nig. R.), mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £100-£140

Leonard Avery served as a Temporary Sergeant with the Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force during the Great War from 8 September 1914 to 29 September 1915, being invalided out on the latter date.

Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Discharge and two related Colonial Office letters; a large quantity of contemporary postcards showing West African life; the recipient’s hand-written account of his homeward journey from Cameroon to the U.K., August to September 1915; and a colourful fez.