Orders, Decorations and Medals

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (B. P. Creagh, Comdr. I.G.S. “Tenasserim”) very fine £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Egypt and Sudan Medals 1882-1891 from the Collection of Jack Webb.

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In the 1882 operations Commander Boyle Purdon Creagh was in command of Tenasserim, which received 138 medals (16 officers and 122 native crew), one of two Indian Government Steamers present; the other was Amberwitch which received 82 medals. In the Suakin operations of 1885 Creagh was in command of Canning, a troopship of the Bombay Marine.