Auction Catalogue

21 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 438

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21 September 2007

Hammer Price:
£600

Sudan Defence Force General Service Medal, silver, unnamed as issued, with ribbon, slight edge bruising, good very fine £150-200

Instituted in 1933 and awarded to native personnel of the Sudan Defence Force and Police for minor campaigns in the Sudan, post-1933. Also awarded for action against the Italian forces in Southern Sudan, June 1940-November 1941. Approximately 9,000 medals issued. Sold with two photographs of Stephen Seymour Butler, General Officer Commanding, S.D.F., presenting medals to Sudanese soldiers.