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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 256

Khedive´s Sudan 1896-1908, two clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3473 Pte. A. Robertson 1st. Sea: Highrs.), engraved in large sans-serif capitals, light contact marks, nearly very fine

3473 Private A. Robertson served with the 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders during the Sudan Campaign, and with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War; wounded at Roodepoort, 28.5.1900: ´The battalion had to hold a position on the right. They were heavily attacked from the right rear by a force which far outnumbered them, but held their own all day. Colonel Hughes-Hallett was wounded, and the Seaforths had another officer and 15 men wounded.´ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, by John Stirling refers).

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