Auction Catalogue

27 June 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 639

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27 June 2007

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Private G. Moore, Royal Marine Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Pte., R.M.L.I.); Khedive’s Star, 1884-86, unnamed, extremely fine (2) £140-160

George Moore was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire on 21 November 1859. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marines at Plymouth in November 1877. His service record further reveals that he was attached to the R.M. Battalion in Egypt between May and September 1884, and that he was discharged in June of the following year. Sold with copied service paper.