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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 61

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reserve, 1 clasp, Tamaai (G. R. Nix, Gunr. R.M.A. H.M.S. Euryalus), heavy pitting, good fine

47 ‘Tamaai’ clasps to H.M.S. Euryalus and rare as a single clasp.

George Robert Nix was born on 22 March 1863 at St Thomas’s, Woolwich. Enlisted on 22 April 1881 with the Royal Marine Artillery receiving the regimental number 1846. Posted aboard HMS Eurayalus from September 1872-July 1885 and while member of her crew he fought at the Battle of Tamaai on 13 March 1884. Posted aboard HMS Agamemnon from December 1886, until he was “discharged dead “as a result of enteric problems on 16 May 1888 at RNH Malta; sold with CD containing research.

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Sold for
£290

Starting price
£110