Lot 510
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Three: Private J. Mason, Grenadier Guards, South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (Pte., Grenr. Gds.); Egypt, dated, three clasps, Tel-el-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Pte., Grenr. Gds.); Khedive's Star 1882, nearly extremely fine, a unique group to the Grenadier Guards (3)

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Three: Private J. Mason, Grenadier Guards, South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (Pte., Grenr. Gds.); Egypt, dated, three clasps, Tel-el-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Pte., Grenr. Gds.); Khedive's Star 1882, nearly extremely fine, a unique group to the Grenadier Guards (3)

Lot Essay

Private Joe Mason was one of only 16 of all ranks of the Grenadier Guards entitled to the South Africa Medal 1877-79. In the Egyptian Campaigns of 1882, the operations up the River Nile and in the Suakin area, 1884-85 he acted as servant to Lieutenant Dawson of the Coldstream Guards and Camel Corps.