Auction Catalogue

12 February 1997

Starting at 11:00 AM

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The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals (Part 2)

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 278

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12 February 1997

Hammer Price:
£110

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Jim Boy H.M.S. Barrosa) contemporary engraved naming, nearly very fine and rare

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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Confirmed on the medal roll as an African Krooman (ADM 171 46). Medals were issued unnamed to Kroomen but are occasionally seen privately engraved.