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Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, S. Nigeria 1903-04 (W. E. B. Copland-Crawford, S.N. Regt.), with silver Spink & Son riband brooch for wearing, very fine and rare £300-350
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Richard Magor Collection of Medals Relating to India and Africa, and other Fine Awards.
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W. E. B. Copland-Crawford is recorded in The Colonial Office List as a District Commissioner, afterwards Divisional Commissioner, Nigeria for the period 1903-04.
The clasp was awarded to all of those who served under the command of Brevet Major I. G. Hogg, D.S.O., 4th Hussars, in the punitive expedition against the towns of Osea, Oriri and Ndoto between December 1903 and January 1904. Around 330 members of the Southern Nigeria Regiment were entitled.
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