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

№ 205

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5 December 2008

Estimate: £150–£200

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Platelayer J. Howard) pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine £150-200

An employee of Messrs. Lucas & Aird, contracted to build a railway from Suakin, on the Red Sea, to Berber, near Khartoum, a distance of 200 miles. Only 20 miles of track were built, however, before the army withdrew. Several locomotives built specially for this contract were subsequently put to work on the Chattenden & Upnor Railway in Kent. Sold with a copy of his entry on the roll.