Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 145

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£650

Pair: Private George Gardiner, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (4684 Pte. G. Gardiner, 2/Cdm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882, pitting from star, otherwise about very fine (2) £500-600

6 officers and 89 other ranks of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Coldstream Guards, served in the Guards Camel Regiment on the Nile, of whom all the officers and 80 other ranks fought at Abu Klea. The medal roll does not show the different battalions.