Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sapper A. Osmond, Royal Engineers

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (7553. Sapr. A. Osmond. 26th. Co. R.E.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting, very fine (2) £120-£160

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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Alfred Osmond was born in Marylebone, Middlesex, in 1842 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Westminster on 27 March 1863. He served with the 26th Field Company in Egypt from 24 August 1882 to 20 December 1883, and was discharged on 1 April 1884, after 21 years and 5 days’ service, having been awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5.