Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17th May 2023
Lot 131
An Africa General Service Medal 1899-1956 to Mr...
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £1500
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Description
An Africa General Service Medal 1899-1956 to Mr R. Morrisey, (attached) Southern Nigeria Regiment, 3 clasps: S. Nigeria 1902, S. Nigeria 1902-03, S. Nigeria 1904 (R. MORRISEY. S.N. REGT), impressed in plain capitals, some edge bruising, otherwise good very fine and scarce to a civilian.
(36.43mm diameter)
The collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.
Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 30th November 1959
An R. Morrissey [sic] appears in The Colonial List of 1904 as a Travelling Commissioner in the Political and Administrative Department of Southern Nigeria.