Orders, Decorations and Medals

A rare Colonial Police long and meritorious service group of six awarded to Sergeant-Major Kaboko, Rhodesian Police, late British South Africa Police

Rhodesia General Service Medal (10757 Stn./Sgt.); Rhodesia Police L.S. & G.C., with Bar (10757 Stn./Sgt.), the edge also stamped ‘(Dup.)’ for duplicate issue; War Medal 1939-45; Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (10757 African Stat. Sgt., B.S.A.Police); Colonial Police Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (10757 Afr./1/Sgt., B.S.A.P.); St. John Service Medal, unnamed, the Colonial Police Medals with contact marks, thus nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (6) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Series of Colonial Police L.S. & G.C. Awards to the British South Africa Police.

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Kaboko, a member of the Manyika Tribe who was born in Salisbury in June 1919, enlisted in the British South Africa Police in June 1941, and rose to be Salisbury’s most senior African traffic policeman before his retirement in October 1972. ‘A ruthless disciplinarian’, he was awarded his St. John Service Medal in 1959, his Colonial Police L.S. & G.C. and Meritorious Service Medals in August 1960 and January 1963, his Rhodesia General Service Medal in December 1969 and his Police Long Service Medal with Bar in August 1971. Kaboko was employed as a Caddy Master at the Royal Salisbury Golf Course following his retirement in 1972; sold with full research and verification - also see Medal News, October 1997, p. 16.