Auction Catalogue

11 & 12 December 2013

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

№ 1330

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12 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£430

Pair: Private Sinneh, West Africa Regiment

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (146 Pte. Sinni, W.A.R.); Ashanti 1900, no clasp (146 Pte. Sinneh, W. African Regt.), mounted as worn, original ribands, edge bruising, contact marks and polished, thus fine (2)
£350-400

These medals have not been subject to research. It is believed, but not proven, that, for one reason or another, they came into the possession of Lieutenant Dimmer, K.R.R.C. when he served with the West Africa Regiment from 1908-14. At the outbreak of the First World War Dimmer rejoined the K.R.R.C. and was awarded a V.C. and M.C. on the Western Front in 1914. The medals forming this lot recently surfaced in possession of his descendants.