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Auction: 8010 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 130

Pair: Major G.D.C. Raitt, Royal Marine Artillery Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Lieut. G.D.C. Raitt. R.M.A. H.M.S. "Alexandra"), contact marks; Khedive´s Star 1882, very fine, mounted as originally worn, with the following original documentation: - Commission appointing George Dalhousie Churchill Raitt as Lieutenant, Royal Marine Artillery, dated 12.10.1874 (2) Estimate £ 340-380 Major George Dalhousie Churchill Raitt, commissioned Lieutenant Royal Marine Artillery, 1872; posted to H.M.S. Achilles, 1875; served in the Battalion of Royal Marines sent to South Africa for special services in the Zulu War, 1879; served in H.M.S. Alexandra during the Egyptian War, and was present at the bombardment of Alexandria; Major (Instructor of Musketry), 1893. For additional medals to the Raitt Family see Lots 7, 109, 126, 132, and 138.

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