Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (W. H. Melhuish, A.B. H.M.S. “Northumberland”) heavy pitting from star, good fine £80-£120

William Henry Melhuish was born in Newton on Cyres, Devon, on 30 May 1856, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Northumberland on 15 June 1871.