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26 July 2023

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№ 40 x

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26 July 2023

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Pair: Private Chidomfe, 1st King’s African Rifles

Central Africa 1891-98, ring suspension (13 Pte. Chidomfe. B.C.A. Rifles.) officially impressed naming, suspension claw tightened; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, B.C.A. 1899-1900 (13 Pte. Chidamee [sic] 1st K.A. Rifles), worn and polished, good fine or better (2) £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Paul Bentley Collection.

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Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Chidomfe is confirmed on the Central Africa roll as receiving the medal with the straight bar suspension and clasp, for serving with “A” Company at Chilwa in 1897 and Mpeseni in 1898.