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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 1040

The Kenyan Order of the Golden Heart Chief's Collar Chain awarded to The Honourable P. J. Ngei, a Minister in independent Kenya

Kenya, Republic, Order of the Golden Heart, Chief's Collar Chain, Badge, 75mm, silver-gilt and gilt, the reverse engraved 'Paul Joseph Ngei 12 Dec 1965', together with its full Collar Chain, nearly extremely fine, in its fitted case of issue with riband bar and lapel Badge

Paul Joseph Ngei was born on 18 October 1922 at Kiima Kimwe, a grandson of Chief Masaku. Having served for four years with the King's African Rifles, Ngei enrolled as a journalism student. Having been imprisoned, he made friends with Jomo Kenyatta and even stopped a beating from a Colonial Warder, seizing the whip and challenging him to beat him first. Ngei was thus considered one of the 'Kapenguria Six', forming the African People's Party; he took up a seat in the independent Kenyan Parliament in 1969. He died on 15 August 2004.

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£700

Starting price
£130