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№ 1002 x

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1 March 2018

Hammer Price:
£1,500

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Lake Nyassa 1893 (G. Powell, A.B., H.M.S. Pioneer.) nearly extremely fine £1000-1200

Confirmed on the roll as one of only 28 European recipients of this rare clasp, 17 of whom served aboard the Pioneer. Able Seaman Powell, however, is noted as having been issued with duplicate medals and clasp on 17 July 1900 and on 13 May 1926.