Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 3rd June 2025
Lot 25
An Egypt pair to Lieutenant Rowland Winn, Lord St Oswald of Nostell, 1st Battalion Coldstream
Estimate £600 - £700 | Hammer £756
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Description
An Egypt pair to Lieutenant Rowland Winn, Lord St Oswald of Nostell, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards: Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89, un-dated reverse, clasp: Suakin 1885 (LIEUT: R. WINN. 1/COLDM. GDS..), about very fine; Khedive's Star, 1884-6 obverse, unnamed as issued, very fine. [2]
(36mm (round medal))
Rowland Winn served with the Coldstream Guards in Egypt in 1885 and was present at the action at Hasheen and the attack on the convoy of the 24th of March, and at the action at Tamaai. He later became Lord St Oswald, JP for West Riding and MP for Pontefract.
He kept a detailed diary of his military service including his time in Egypt (46 pages) and this is held by the West Yorkshire Archives in Leeds.
Offered with research.