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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 162

(x) East and West Africa 1887-1900, 3 clasps, 1892, 1893-94, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (182. Pte. W. J. Baker. 1/W.I. Rgt.), good very fine

The 1892 clasp was granted for expeditions against the Tambi and Toniataba in Sierra Leone and the Jebu in Nigeria. Lance-Corporal William James Gordon, of the 1st Battalion, West India Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallant deeds in the Toniataba expedition; further clasps were awarded to Baker for expeditions against the Sofas and services in the 'hut tax' war.

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£400