Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Lot 4674 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Estimate $3,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,300
PAIR: Egypt Medal 1882-89, undated reverse, - clasp - Suakin 1885; Khedive's Star 1884-6. 270. Pte J.J. Sharpe. N.S.W. Infy. on first medal, second medal unnamed as issued. The named medal chisel engraved. Contact marks and heavy edge bump on obverse of first medal, otherwise very fine.
Ex Trevor Bushell Taylor Collection.
Private John James Sharpe, bricklayer, age 25, born at Dunholme, England; Enl.19Feb1885; Emb.03Mar1885; RTA 23Jun1885 on SS Arab. Also recorded as Sharp.
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