Auction Catalogue

15 February 2023

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Lot

№ 21

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15 February 2023

Hammer Price:
£1,200

Pair: Private H. Blinko, East Kent Regiment, who received a rare pair of Sudan medals for services as Clerk to the Brigade Major at Dongola and Suakin

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2613. Pte. H. Blinko. E. Kent R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (2613 Private H. Blinko 1st Bn. East Kent Regt.) name officially corrected on the second, extremely fine and very rare to the regiment (2) £600-£800

Both medals confirmed on the rolls (WO 100/82/26 and WO 100/82/32). The only other recipients of Sudan medals to the East Kent Regiment were Captain (Bimbashi) E. G. T. Bainbridge, attached Egyptian Army, and 2133 Colour-Sergeant Instructor A. R. L. Kelham, on loan to the 10th Sudanese.