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Auction: 25003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 25

Central Africa 1891-98, ring suspension, no clasp (Volunteer: S: Steblecki.), officially engraved naming, good very fine and rare

Approximately 23 medals without clasp issued to European Volunteers for service in Central Africa. Confirmed upon the roll for service in Upper Shire January-February 1893.

Probably Count Stanislaus Kasimir Steblecki, who was of noble Polish descent. It is understood he went out to Africa and purchased some 2,700 acres of land, the Makungwa Estate, which encompassed most of the southern part of Limbe, Nyasaland.

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Estimate
£1,400 to £1,800

Starting price
£1100