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

№ 1032

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£170

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (J. Feron, Gunr., R.M.A., H.M.S. Penelope) nearly extremely fine £120-150

James Feron, a native of Armagh, Ireland, enlisted in the Royal Marine Artillery at Greenock in March 1872. Following two cases of desertion from H.M.S. Pearl in the mid-1870s, he was discharged ashore as ‘objectionable’ in September 1883, but not before having received his Egypt & Sudan Medal, with clasp, aboard the Penelope in the previous March; sold with muster details.