Orders, Decorations and Medals

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (831 Driv. Ali Efsai) good very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Egypt and Sudan Medals 1882-1891 from the Collection of Jack Webb.

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The Official History of the Sudan Campaign (Vol. 2 p.104) includes in the British strength at Kirbekan, 5 officers and 42 other ranks of the Egyptian Camel Corps.

General Brackenbury’s despatch of 13 February 1885 concludes: ‘... the plucky conduct of the Camel Corps, who had two killed and one wounded, and who killed several of the enemy, was the subject of universal comment after the action.’