Three: Private G. Saunders, North Staffordshire Regiment, who served in the Maxim Gun Section at the battle of Firket, 7 June 1896

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, 1 unofficial slip-on clasp, Dongola (3331 Pte., 1/N. Staff. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3331 Pte, Nth. Staff. Regt.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Firket (No. 3331 Pte., 1 N. Staff. R.) with silver mounting bar, slight edge bruising, very fine (3) £450-500

Just 18 members of the 1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, members of the Maxim Gun Section, served at the battle of Firket, 7 June 1896.

The above medals are featured in the article, Machine Gunners’ Medals, by Peter Done, which featured in the magazine Coins and Medals, November 1969 - a copy with the lot. Together with other related research, including roll extract.