Auction Catalogue

25 February 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 498

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25 February 1999

Estimate: £1,000–£1,200

An Omdurman pair awarded to Private R. Thompson, 21st Lancers
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98
(3660 Pte. R. Thompson, 21/L’crs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed,sold with an original letter from Trumpet Major Norris written in 1953 confirming Thompson as a charger at Omdurman, the first with contact marks, therefore nearly very fine and better (2) £1000-1200

Confirmed on the roll as a member of “B” Squadron at Omdurman and sold with copies from the medal roll.