Auction Catalogue

6 December 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 716

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£250

Pair: Private G. Moore, Royal Marine Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89
, undated reverse, no clasp (Pte., R.M.L.I.); Khedive’s Star, 1884-86, extremely fine (2) £140-160

George Moore was born in Tunbridge Wells in November 1859 and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Plymouth in November 1877. His service record further reveals that he was attached to the R.M. Battalion in Egypt between May and September 1884, and that he was discharged in June of the following year.