Auction Catalogue

18 & 19 September 2014

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

№ 1457

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19 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£1,250

A rare Ashanti and Dawkita group of three awarded to Private Bela Moshi, Gold Coast Constabulary

Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Dawkita 1897, unnamed as issued; Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (2506 Pte. Bela Moshi 8 G.C.C.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (3) £1200-1500

From the collection of the late Brigadier A. C. F. Jackson and sold with a copied entry from his catalogue in which he lists this group of medals, among others, and notes ‘Bought by me at Kumasi from relatives of deceased medal holders about 1931 for a few shillings’.