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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 164

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kissi 1905 (905 Pte. Satdu Lokkoh. S. L. Bn. W.A.F.F.), contact marks, very fine

348 'Kissi 1905' clasps awarded in total.

The operations commenced following continued slaving and attacks from Chiefs Kafura and Fassalokoh from the French-held Liberia into Sierra Leone. The French approved the expedition and under the command of Major Palmer, the column moved off. Having stockaded camps, patrols went out to find action. They did not have to wait long, for a two-hour battle was had with the Kissi at Komendi in Chief Kafura's district, resulting in the tribesmen withdrawing and the village being burnt. Kafura fled to exile.

Attention next moved to Chief Fassalokoh, with the column marching through torrential rains to reach Kaduma, only to find the Chief was nowhere to be seen. His tribesmen attacked the column by night at We and wounded Lieutenant Haseldine in the process. With little more to be done, the expedition moved back toward Wulade to install a new Chief in place of Kafura, thereby ending its objectives.

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