Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (4778, Pte. G. Steele, 1/Scots Gds.) edge bruising and minor pitting, nearly very fine £600-£800

4 officers and 80 other ranks of the 1st and 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, were present at Abu Klea in the Guards Camel Regiment.

George Steele was born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, in 1859, and attested for the Scots Guards at Glasgow on 12 May 1879. His Army Service Record confirms entitlement to the Egypt and Sudan Medal with three clasps, and notes his discharge by purchase in London on 29 May 1885 upon payment of £11.