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Sold on 25 February 2015

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A Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals (The Property of a Gentleman)

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№ 13

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25 February 2015

Hammer Price:
£2,300

Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 4th Class, gold, 36mm., with original chain and hook suspension, good very fine £2000-2500

Sold with an old colour photograph, inscribed in ink on the back, ‘This is a photo of the gold medal gvien to Capt. Purefoy of the Bedfordshire Regt. by Turkish Sultan Saleem III, whose monogram it bears. He was one of the landing party of 5,000 put ashore after the bombarding of the French invading fleet.’