Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: General R. B. Kirchoffer, Royal Marine Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Capt., R.M.L.I.); Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed, gilded, first with edge bruising, pitted, good fine; second good very fine (2) £200-240

Kirchoffer was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Marines in 1864. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1867; Captain in 1879; Major in 1885; Lieutenant-Colonel in 1893; Colonel in 1899; Major-General in 1902 and General in 1910. He served as Quartermaster of the Royal Marine Battalion sent to South Africa for service in the Zulu War but arrived too late to qualify for a medal. He served in the Egypt 1882 Campaign aboard H.M.S. Orion.