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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 426

(x) Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (James Holdaway Ward Room Officer's Servant on board HM's Euphrates), neatly and smartly renamed in running script, pawn-broker's mark on reverse, good very fine

The medal has been most elaborately renamed, presumably by Holdaway's master, and then presented to him as a token of appreciation. However, perhaps Holdaway did not fully appreciate this gift, for it also shows signs of having been pawned. A numismatic curio.

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