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1958 British Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Participation medal…
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Melbourne
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5-Dec-2013
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1958 British Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Participation medal '1958 VI.British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Cardiff, Wales', 55 mm diameter, engraved on rim 'Robert Kotei'. Major General Robert Kotei (1935-79) was a soldier, politician and track and field athlete, who won bronze in the high jump (the only Ghanaian to win a medal). He was once the Chief of Defence staff of the Ghana armed Forces and also a member of the Supreme military Council which ruled Ghana between 1975 and 1979. He was executed in 1979, following a military coup.
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