Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 557

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£120

Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (10516 A/2/Sgt. Nyanje, B.S.A. Police), edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £40-60

Nyanje enlisted in the B.S.A.P. in April 1940 and was awarded the War Medal 1939-45, in addition to his L.S. & G.C. Medal issued in April 1959. He retired in April 1964, after 23 years service to the band, a retirement feature in the Outpost describing his renown ‘throughout the country as a solo French horn player’; sold with copied band photograph, including Nyanje.