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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 95

(x) A scarce 'Abu Klea' Egypt and Sudan pair awarded to Private J. Saffin, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (3524. Pte. J. Saffin. 3/K.R. Rif: C.); Khedive's Star 1882, unnamed as issued, minor contact marks from Star, otherwise good very fine (2)

John Saffin was born in 1855 at Cheriton Bishop, Devonshire, the son of James and Jane Saffin. He served in Egypt and Sudan with the 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, and was one of two officers and 29 other ranks from the 3rd Battalion who fought in the Camel Corps at the wells of Abu Klea on 17 January 1885. He died at Cheriton Bishop in 1938; sold with copied rolls confirming clasp entitlement.

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£1,700