3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A 1939-45 War Medal and Colonial Police Long Service Medal (E.II.R.), awarded to 11217 AFRICAN SGT. MAPURANKA, B.S.A., with research material including an obituary which states "It is with regret that we have to record the death of African Sergeant Regis Felix Mapuranka Kwenda (No.11217) who passed away at Fort Victoria Hospital on 2nd October 1962 as a result of injuries received when he was assaulted while carrying out a patrol in the Davira area of Chibi Reserve on 26th September this year...."
Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 3rd Dec, 2021
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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