Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private A. Johnson, 17th Lancers, late 21st Lancers, a member of ‘D’ Squadron who charged at Omdurman, 2 September 1898
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3276 Pte. A. Johnson. 21/L’crs.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (5134 Pte. A. Johnson. 17/Lcrs.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5134 Pte. A. Johnson. 17th Lancers); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3941 Pte. T. Long 21st Lcrs) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (4) £2,000-£3,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals Relating to Egypt and the Sudan 1801-1920 - the Property of a Gentleman.

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J. B. Hayward & Son, 1972; D.M.D. Services, May 1992.

Confirmed on all rolls as a ‘charger’ in Roy Dutton’s Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman.