The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection

Pair: Sergeant W. Holmes, Coldstream Guards

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (5186 Pte. W. Holmes, 2/...); Khedive’s Star 1882, the reverse impressed ‘5186 C.G.’, severe edge brusing and pitting from star causing loss of unit on first, fine (2) £120-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Ex Sir Torquil Matheson Collection.

Served in No. 4 Company with the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards at Suakin in 1885. Sold with copied photograph of the recipient who became a Sergeant in 1891.