Auction Catalogue

26 March 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 336

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26 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£220

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Platelayer T. Baker) toned, nearly extremely fine £200-250

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.