Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Corporal E. Paess, Army Post Office Corps

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (7 Corpl. E. Paess, A.P.O. Corps); Khedive’s Star 1882, very light pitting from star, otherwise good very fine (2) £300-350

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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2 officers and 43 other ranks of the Army Post Office Corps were present in Egypt in 1882; 1 officer and 20 other ranks were present at Suakin in 1885; 1 officer and 9 other ranks were present in both campaigns. The Army Post Office Corps was formed from volunteers from the 24th Middlesex (Post Office) Volunteer Rifles.

Major E. Gambier Parry noted in his account of the Suakin operations, that ‘When the detachment of the Post-Office Volunteers arrived, everything was very well managed, and much of the previous inconvenience as well as risk of losing letters, both going and coming, was avoided.