Lot 4575
Sale 109 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes
Images
Coin 1
Coin 2
Description
Egypt Medal 1882-89, undated reverse, - clasp - Suakin 1885. 512, Pte R. Toye, N.S.W. Infy.; also Lord Mayor of Sydney Soudan Medal with decorative replacement suspender, reverse inscribed, 'R.Toye/512. D. Co.'. The first chisel engraved, the second engraved. The first nearly extremely fine, the second good.
Ex Trevor Bushell Taylor Collection.
Private Robert McCallum Toye, waiter, age 21, born at Inverness, Scotland; Enl.03Mar1885; Emb.03Mar1885; RTA 23Jun1885 on SS Arab. Also recorded as Toy.
- Estimate
- $3,500
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $2,800