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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 191

Three: Detective Sergeant E. Mukoreko, British South Africa Police

War Medal 1939-45; Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service, E.II.R., 2nd issue (10126 African Det. Stn. Sgt. Ernest. B.S.A. Police); Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, with second award clasp (10126 African Det. Cl. 2. Sgt. Ernest. B.S.A. Police), mounted as worn, contact marks and edge bruising on L.S. & G.C., very fine (3)

Colonial Police Medal Supplement to the London Gazette, 29 December 1959.

L.S. & G.C. Southern Rhodesia Government Gazette, 16 December 1955.

Second Award Bar to L.S. & G.C. Southern Rhodesia Government Gazette, 30 November 1962.

Ernest Mukoreko joined the British South Africa Police on the 22nd May 1937, and climbed the ranks. Being assigned to the C.I.D. unit due to the Detective prefix to his rank. Like all members of the B.S.A.P., they served as a paramilitary group in the Second World War, meaning they were all entitled to the War Medal.

A year into the Rhodesian Bush War, Mukoreko retired from the force on the 2 November 1965; sold with copied research.

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£240