Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1124

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18 September 2009

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Lamp-trimmer W. Lynch, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (W. Lynch, Lamptr. H.M.S. “Mal.....); Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed, this last lacking suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (2) £80-100

Lynch was a Lamp-trimmer aboard H.M.S. Malabar. His medal was sent to him in May 1883, when he was serving on H.M.S. Crocodile.