Watch List notes:

1882 Egypt medal with five clasps: TEL-EL-KEBIR, SUAKIN 1884, EL-TEB-TAMAAI, THE NILE 1884-85, ABU KLEA. Dated reverse variety. Silver, 36 mm. MY-131 (clasps iv, vii, viii, x), BBM-87. Edge mount with straight bar swivel suspension. Very Fine.
1942 . Pte. E. WOOTTEN. 19th HUSSARS. engraved on the edge. Some nicks and scrapes, light golden toning around peripheries.

The copies of Wootten's record of service, which accompany this lot, indicate that he was a carpenter who was in Egypt and Sudan from August 10, 1882 to June 5, 1886. He appears on the medal rolls entitled to the clasps present here, one of 135 members of the 19th Hussars present at Abu Klea.

Offered with a ribbon of uncertain age, but likely original.

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Estimate: $1000 - $2000