Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private E. Walsh, Shropshire Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (1333 Pte., 1/Shrops. L.I.); Khedive’s Star, 1882, reverse impressed, ‘1333 Pte. E. Walsh, 1st Shrops. L.I.’, mounted for wear; together with an Independent Order of Good Templars Badge, for Suakin, bronze with red cloth backed centre, with brooch bar ‘I.O.G.T.’ and purple ribbon inscribed in gilt, ‘Shropshire Guding Star Suakim (sic)’, first two with some contact marks, very fine; last better and rare (3) £240-280

The Independent Order of Good Templars, a temperance organisation, is known to have issued medals during the latter half of the 19th Century; however the above medal does not appear in A Guide to Military Temperance Medals which was published in 2001.