Six: Colonel J.A. Wright, South African Police, South African Police Star for Merit, silver and enamel (Kolonel, 1.9.63); South African Police Faithful Service, bronze (Kol., 1.9.63); South African Police Long Service, silver (1/Sgt.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, these four officially inscribed, 'SAP 196298 J.A. Wright', good very fine and better, together with two related Police Badges (8)

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Six: Colonel J.A. Wright, South African Police, South African Police Star for Merit, silver and enamel (Kolonel, 1.9.63); South African Police Faithful Service, bronze (Kol., 1.9.63); South African Police Long Service, silver (1/Sgt.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, these four officially inscribed, 'SAP 196298 J.A. Wright', good very fine and better, together with two related Police Badges (8)

拍品專文

Colonel John Aitken Wright was born in January 1908 and joined the South African Police Brigade as a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion at Pretoria in July 1940. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the 2nd Battalion in December of the same year, he disembarked at Suez for active service in June 1941. Subsequently engaged in the operations in North Africa, Wright was taken P.O.W. in June 1942 and did not return home until August 1945, following which he pursued a regular career in the Police.