Lot Archive

Lot

№ 392

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12 June 1991

Hammer Price:
£120

Pair: Surgeon A. Stables, M.B., Army Medical Services.

EGYPT 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Surgn., M.B. Med. Staff); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Surgn. Capt. A.M.S.), nearly very fine (2)

Major Alexander Stables served in the Sudan 1885-6 (medal, bronze star) and in the operations in Chitral, 1895, with the Relief Force. He was promoted Major, R.A.M.C., 31 January, 1897, and served on the North West Frontier with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, 1897-8 (2 clasps).