Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: African 1st Class Sergeant Thompson, British South Africa Police

War Medal 1939-45; Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, with rosette on riband (9163 A./2/Sgt., B.S.A. Police); St. John Service Medal (9163 Pte., (7432)), together with related S.J.A.B badge, mounted as worn, generally very fine or better (4) £120-150

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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Thompson, a member of the Muzezuru Tribe, enlisted in the British South Africa Police in October 1931, and served variously in Umtali, Salisbury and Hatfield until his retirement in October 1958, in addition to a tour of duty at the Polish Refugee Camp at Marandellas 1943-44. Awarded his Colonial Police L.S. & G.C. in 1950, he added a Bar to it in 1957; sold with research and verification.