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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 796

The rare and fascinating Sudan Campaign pair to L. Dundas, a journalist for the Daily Mail

Queen's Sudan 1896-98 (L. Dundas. Daily Mail), naming officially corrected; Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (L. Dundas Daily Mail), mounted swing-style as worn, nearly extremely fine, scarce

L. Dundas was present as a Daily Mail reporter during the Sudan Campaign, likely acting as an assistant to G. W. Steevens, author of With Kitchener to Khartoum. The Daily Mail had only been founded two years previously, and Kitchener's campaign was the first major conflict on which it reported.

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Sold for
£2,600

Starting price
£420