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9 & 10 May 2018

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№ 1315 x

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10 May 2018

Hammer Price:
£160

King’s African Rifles L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (5309 C.S. Mjr. Napier Amos, K.A. Rif) edge bruising, heavy contact marks, worn, therefore fair £80-120

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2006.

Napier Amos enlisted in the King’s African Rifles on 10 May 1917, and was promoted Corporal on 1 January 1921 and Sergeant on 1 March 1922. He served on a special engagement with the Somaliland Camel Corps for three years from 1 October 1924, and was promoted Company Sergeant Major on 1 April 1932. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1935, shortly before retiring on 20 September 1935.