Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 27 Nov 2024

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A reconquest of the Sudan pair of medals to later Spion Kop fatal casualty Private T. King, 2nd

£400 - £500 £504

A reconquest of the Sudan pair of medals to later Spion Kop fatal casualty Private T. King, 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers: Queen's Sudan 1896-98 (4523. PTE T. KING. 2/LAN: FUS:), official adjustment to regimental number, good very fine; Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, clasp: Khartoum (4523. PTE. T. KING. 2ND L. F.), engraved in plain capitals, about extremely fine and lightly toned. [2]



(36.5mm and 39mm diameter)

Having served in the reconquest of the Sudan including the Battle of Omdurman and the entry into Khartoum, 2nd September 1898, King saw further action as a Corporal in the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, where he was killed in action at the disastrous Battle of Spion Kop, 24th January 1900.

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