Single Campaign Medals 474 475 476 477 478 479 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (478 Pte. F. Lanning. 1/5th Fusrs.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £100-£120 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (2149. Pte. J. Larkin. 1/5th. Fusrs.) minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (32B/1437. Pte. F. Butcher, 1/12th. Regt.) edge nicks, good very fine Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (2815 Pte. W. Nichols, 4th Bn. Rifle Bde.) good very fine marks to reverse, replacement claw and suspension, nearly very fine £100-£140 £160-£200
Clasp has not been confirmed. “A” Battery “B” Brigade R.H.A. received 65 medals without clasp and 168 with clasp for Ahmed Khel. Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (3637 Gunr. W. Perkins, A/B. R.H.A.) copy clasp, light traces of brooch
£80-£120
Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (722, Driv: E. Gove, E, Batt: B. Bde. R.H.A.) second letter of surname officially corrected, good very fine
£700-£900
At Maiwand, on that disastrous day of 27 July 1880, ‘E’ Battery, ‘B’ Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery played a most conspicuous roll. It suffered as a consequence 2 officers and 19 other ranks killed and 2 officers and 14 other ranks wounded, gaining in the process two Victoria Crosses and eight Distinguished Conduct Medals. Retiring to Kandahar, E/B., R.H.A. served during the siege of Kandahar, with three guns mounted on the Herat facing wall and one on the Idgah Gate. During the battle of Kandahar, 1 September 1880, for which Driver Gove was awarded the clasp, the battery was attached to the Cavalry Brigade.
480 x481 482 483 484 Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (5955 Driv: J. Coltham. C. Batt: 2nd Bde. R.A.) nearly very fine £140-£180 Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Sepoy Nadu * 2nd Sikh Infy. *) officially engraved naming, nearly very fine £120-£160
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. F. Brooking. A.B. H.M.S. “Agincourt”.) light pitting, nearly very fine
£80-£120
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (J. Barton. A.B. H.M.S. “Inflexible”) light pitting from star, otherwise good very fine
£140-£180
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (J. W. Driscoll. Ord: H.M.S. “Temeraire”) light pitting from star, edge bruise, very fine
Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, very fine (2) £140-£180
John W. Driscoll was born in St Margaret’s Bay, Kent, on 30 March 1862 and entered naval service on 13 September 1878 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. St Vincent. He served in H.M.S. Termeraire during the bombardment of Alexandria, and was discharged from that ship on 14 April 1884, his service record noting him as ‘undesirable’.
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Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2nd. Bn. Infry. No. 519.) named as issued to the Egyptian Army, suspension heavily worn, edge bruising and light scratching to reverse field, fine
£60-£80
Khedive’s Star 1882, reverse contemporarily impressed ‘79 1044’; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, first with copy suspension, nearly very fine (2)
£70-£90 Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, good very fine
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