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Auction: 26002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 57

(x) Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85 (4182. Pte. C. McCarthy. A.H.C.), heavy contact wear, minor contact marks, edge bruise, overall nearly very fine

Charles McCarthy appears on the British Army Worldwide Index in South Africa in April 1881, given the date he may well have served there during the First Anglo-Boer War which ended in March 1881. He thence served with the unit in Egypt & Sudan (Medal & 4 clasps).

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£480