Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 27th November 2024
Lot 73
A Battle of Omdurman pair to confirmed charger and casualty Private T. Stevens, 21st Lancers:
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3780
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Description
A Battle of Omdurman pair to confirmed charger and casualty Private T. Stevens, 21st Lancers: Queen's Sudan Medal (3881 P'TE T. STEVENS 21/L'CRS.), engraved in serif capitals, very fine; Khedive's Sudan Medal, clasp: Khartoum (3881 PTE T. STEVENS 21ST LRS), engraved in plain capitals, very fine. [2]
(36mm diameter of first medal)
Private Stevens is confirmed as having charged with A squadron of his regiment at the Battle of Omdurman on the 2nd of September 1898, in which action he received a severe spear wound to the chest.