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Auction: 22075 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 6

Honourable East India Company's Medal for Egypt 1801, 48mm, silver, with contemporary pillar suspension, good very fine

Awarded to those members of Major-General Sir David Baird's expeditionary force who sailed from India to participate in the Egypt campaign of 1801; medals were authorised in 1802 but not distributed until 1811. Some 2,200 silver medals were awarded to Other Ranks of the Bengal and Bombay contingents.

Purchased Spink, January 1947 for £8.

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Sold for
£2,100