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8 & 9 May 2019

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Lot

№ 1052

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9 May 2019

Hammer Price:
£95

Six: Reservist R. J. C. Hope, British South African Police, late South African Artillery and South African Air Force

1939-45 Star Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these all officially named ‘159421 R. J. C. Hope’; Rhodesia, General Service (21834 S/R R. J. C. Hope) surname of last partially officially corrected, generally very fine or better (6) £60-£80

Ronald James Carfrae Hope was born in Benoni, Transvaal, in May 1922. He served during the Second War as a Gunner (qualified Wireless Operator Anti-Aircraft) with the 1/12 L.A.A. Regiment in Italy, and then transferred to the SAAF. Hope moved to Rhodesia in the 1950's and was Provincial Conservation and Extension Officer (Mashonaland South), and also was a Reservist in BSAP Reserve Section.

Sold with Campaign Medal enclosure slip, and individual medal envelopes.