Auction Catalogue

5 December 1995

Starting at 10:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Charing Cross Hotel  The Strand  London  WC2N 5HX

Lot

№ 333

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5 December 1995

Hammer Price:
£120

Military Medal, G.V.R. (3650 Sjt. Doka Ganzi, 4/K.A.R.) the obverse a little polished, otherwise very fine

M.M. London Gazette 21 October, 1918 (Portuguese East Africa).
On the afternoon of 17 April 1918, 4/4 K.A.R., the leading battalion, became heavily engaged with three German companies hidden in tall elephant grass. Though new troops with little operational experience, the askaris maintained the attack supported by a company of the Gold Coast Regiment which took over the position the following day.