Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service Medal. EDVII issue (Sergt F.C. Lokko.)

Note: Officially engraved serifed letters

Important: The recipient is confirmed as having been a long serving 'Native Officer' of the Gold Coast Volunteers

Notice: The Notice & Royal Warrant pertaining to the award of The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal was published in the Gold Coast Gazette issue of 31 October 1899

The Army Lists of the Great War era, include the recipient 'F.C. Lokko' under the returns of the Gold Coast Volunteers, in which lists from 1914, the recipient is shown as being one of only 3 x 'Native Officers' of the Gold Coast Volunteers then listed with a date of seniority (first date of commission), 5 September 1906. F. C. Lokko continued to serve through the Great War, and by the time of the 1918 Army List (Quarterly issue, June 1918) is shown as one of only 4 x 'Native Officers' then serving in the Gold Coast Volunteers

The Gold Coast Rifles Volunteers were first raised in 1892. By 31 December 1906 - the year in which Sergeant Lokko was commissioned to Native Officer rank - the strength of the generic Gold Coast Volunteers (that included the descendent unit of the Gold Coast Rifles Volunteers comprised:

- Officers: x 21
- Native Officers: x 4
- Rank & File: x 446

By 1906, there were several volunteer units in Gold Coast Colony, the Gold Coast Volunteers (formerly Gold Coast Rifles Volunteers); Gold Coast Railway Volunteers; Gold Coast and Ashanti Mines Volunteers & Machine Gun Sections (this latter comprising 3 officers & 36 Rank and file)

A rare seen Colonial long service medal to a native recipient - later 'Native Officer' of the Gold Coast Volunteers

Condition: VF

Code: 21225