Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 4th Class, gold, 36mm., with original chain and hook suspension, good very fine £2000-2500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals (The Property of a Gentleman).

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Sold with an old colour photograph, inscribed in ink on the back, ‘This is a photo of the gold medal gvien to Capt. Purefoy of the Bedfordshire Regt. by Turkish Sultan Saleem III, whose monogram it bears. He was one of the landing party of 5,000 put ashore after the bombarding of the French invading fleet.’