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№ 161 x

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16 November 2009

Hammer Price:
£55

Three: Corporal Bakali, King’s African Rifles

British War and Victory Medals (4730 Cpl., 1/K.A.R.); Malawi Independence Medal 1964, unnamed, first two worn, last good very fine (3)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Bruce C Cazel Collection of British Campaign Awards.

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Bakali of the Yao Tribe, from the village of Kataya, in the district of Zomba, enlisted into the King’s African Rifles on 12 March 1917. Promoted Corporal in November 1918, he was discharged on 31 March 1919. Independence Medal not confirmed. With copied service papers.