Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 4th Class, gold, 36mm, with contemporary inscription on obverse and reverse (R. P. Steer, Doncaster, 58 Regt. Egypt 8th March. 21st March Alexandria) pierced at 12 o’clock and fitted with rings and gold bar suspension to which is attached an old parchment label, inscribed ‘My Grandfather’s Medal’, and ‘Medal given by the Sultan of Turkey to British Officers who took part in the Egyptian Campaign 1801’, signed ‘J. W. D. Hilton’, very fine £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Military Awards from the Collection of John Tamplin.

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Robert Popplewell Steer was born in about 1781, the son of Richard Ryder Popplewell Steer, of Axholme in Yorkshire. He was granted a commission as an Ensign in the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot on 16 August 1799, and was promoted to Lieutenant in the regiment on 12 June 1800. He served with the regiment in the campaign in Egypt in 1801 under Sir Ralph Abercromby. The 58th Foot disembarked in Egypt under a heavy fire on 8 March 1801, and later took part in the action at Alexandria on 21 March. Lieutenant Steer retired by the sale of his commission on 30 June 1804, and died on 28 September 1826, aged 45. Sold with further genealogical research.