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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 612

Pair: Sergeant Farrier T.H. Birch, 19th Hussars Egypt 1882-89, dated, four clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85 (1592. Sgt. Farr. T. Birch. 19th Hussars.), claw tightened, suspension loose, minor edge bruising; Khedive´s Star 1882, reverse impressed ´Sergt. Farrer Thos. Birch 19th Hrs. 1882´, otherwise good very fine, with recipient´s leather bound Account Book, Parchment Certificate of Discharge, and newspaper cutting of recipient´s Obituary (2) Estimate £ 440-480 1592 Sergeant Farrier Thomas Henry Birch, born Hunslet, Leeds; enlisted 19th Hussars, 1876, ´After serving in the riots in Ireland his regiment was transferred in 1882 to Egypt...... The regiment had many narrow escapes from defeat at the hands of tribesmen. Mr. Birch told how a square formed at El Teb by cavalry and infantry was broken by the Dervishes, and it was only by chance that he was not killed." (Obituary, included in the lot refers).

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