Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (125351 I. de Miranda, Caps. Std., H.M.S. Ranger), very fine £60-80

Ismael de Miranda, who was born in Goa, India, in June 1857, entered the Royal Navy as a Steward 2nd Class in November 1883, in which month he joined H.M.S. Ranger. Having then served off Egypt, he came ashore at Aden at his own request, in April of the following year, the first of several such requests over the coming decade, during which he held appointments in the Briton, Sphinx, Stork, Raleigh and St. George, the latter his final appointment which ended in late 1894. His service record states that he applied for a replacement Egypt Medal in 1904.