Pair: Mahmud Effendi Effat, late Supplies Depot, Egyptian Army

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Mr M. E. Effat); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, unnamed, good very fine (2) £220-260

Mahmud Effendi Effat is confirmed to have been working with the Supplies Depot, Egyptian Army, Khartoum as late as 1911. This is known from the extant 'Special Firearms Licence’ for him to own and hold a 12 bore double-barrelled shotgun. Another addressed envelope from 1920, shows Mr Effat as being employed with 'Ezbet Bahagats Bey, at El-Chine, Gharbia, Egypt. Mr Effat was senior civil service officer and an educated man based on his ‘Effendi’ honorific.

Sold with the original firearms certificate in English and Arabic, and a hand-written letter in Arabic (with English translation) both in English addressed envelopes of the period.