20th Mar, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A First World War Distinguished Conduct Medal (George V), awarded to 4530 PTE.J.L.NORTON, 6/S.AFR.INF:, the reverse later engraved on the exergue AT SAKO NASSAI 20 MARCH 1916, with a photocopy of the Supplement to the London Gazette 20th June 1916 in which the action in East Africa is described, and another dated 27th July 1916 which states 'For conspicuous gallantry. He repeatedly crossed over a space of 200 yards under heavy fire in order to bring back the wounded. He set a fine example to all near him'.
Sold for £750
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 20th Mar, 2024
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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