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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 116

Pair: Able Seaman J. O´Connor, Royal Navy Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Alexandria 11th. July (J. O´Connor. A.B. H.M.S. "Monarch".); Khedive´s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, suspension rod detached on one side of Star, good very fine (2) Estimate £ 200-220 John O´´Connor, born Southampton, August 1855; enlisted in the Royal Navy, January 1873, and served in H.M.S. Druid during the Ashantee Campaign; Able Seaman December 1876; served in H.M.S. Monarch January 1882- July 1883 during the Egyptian Campaign, and present at the Bombardment of Alexandria, 11.7.1882; Invalided out of the Royal Navy, April 1884. Former service erased and Ashantee Medal forfeited, April 1880.

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