A Small Collection of Medals to Naval Surgeons

Pair: Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets F. A. Jeans, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Coquette”); Khedive’s Star 1882, the first with some light pitting, otherwise good very fine (2) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to Naval Surgeons.

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Francis Austen Jeans was Surgeon of Coquette during the Egyptian War of 1882 (Egyptian Medal, Khedive’s Bronze Star), and served during the naval and military operations in the Eastern Soudan, at Suakin, 1884-85 (Suakin clasp). He was appointed Staff Surgeon in March 1889; Fleet Surgeon, May 1894; Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets (Retired), 27 October 1908.