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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 658

Five: Sergeant H. G. Franklin, Southern Rhodesia Territorial Force, a pioneer of radio broadcasting in Northern Rhodesia which led to the foundation of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., Southern Rhodesia (CR2698 Sgt. Harry G. Franklin), very fine (5)

Harry Gordon Franklin was born in England on 22 January 1918 who served as a Civil Servant in Northern Rhodesia before the outbreak of the Second World War. He had also begun to experiment with radio broadcasting in Africa and having joing the Southern Rhodesia Territorial Force in September 1939, served in Africa and Italy during the Second World War. During this time he pioneered broadcasting in indigenous languages from 1941 to bring news of the war to the families of native soldiers serving in Somaliland with the Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Having been discharged and awarded his Efficiency Medal on 1 February 1946, Franklin marketed the 'Saucepan Special' radio in 1949, which led to some 50,000 sets being imported in the first few years of their manufacture; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£220

Starting price
£130