Auction Catalogue

23 February 2022

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Lot

№ 272

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23 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£500

Pair: Private R. Forde, 2nd West India Regiment

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1891-2 (3658. Pte. R. Forde. 2/W.I. Rgt.); Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2) £400-£500

Robert Forde attested for the West India Regiment in Jamaica on 11 September 1888, aged 20, giving his trade as a baker. He was discharged on 14 September 1900, and died on 28 April 1945.

Medals confirmed on rolls, which also show entitlement to the 1897-98 clasp.