Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 175

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£900

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (1735 Pte. T. Kennedy, 19th Hussars) small test cut to rim, otherwise good very fine £600-700

5 officers and 89 other ranks of the 19th Hussars fought at Kirbekan, of whom 2 officers and 28 other ranks received 5-clasp medals with Kirbekan.

Thomas Kennedy joined at Dublin on 7 November 1879, aged 18, and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 25 June 1886 (WO 12/1417; WO 16/1269).