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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 156

Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel J. G. J. Krige A.F.C., South African Air Force

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, all officially impressed '102672 J. G. J. Krige.'; Coronation 1953, contemporarily impressed 'J G Krige', good very fine (6)

[A.F.C.] London Gazette 1 January 1946.

Jacobus Gerhardus Joubert Krige was born on 2 December 1909 and was posted for the opening of Waterfloof Air Station on 1 August 1938, when they flew Hawker Hartbees. Having served with distinction during the Second World War, he died in Pretoria in 1991.

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£190

Sale 21002 Notices
Does not appear on the published Roll for the 1953 Coronation Medal.