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№ 298

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14 April 2021

Hammer Price:
£320

Pair: Engineer H. M. G. Pellew, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (H. M. G. Pellew, Engr. R.N., H.M.S. “Coquette”); Khedive’s Star 1882, minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £240-£280

Henry Martin Grampus Pellew entered naval service as an Assistant Engineer 2nd class in 1865 and served on H.M.S. Coquette between July and September 1882 and September 1884 and April 1885. Promoted Staff Engineer on 26 September 1887, he died in April 1888.