Australia, Dominion. A Rare Lord Mayor's Soudan Campaign Medal, 1885 certificate_of_authenticity Type II (1932-1947 Issue): in

Type II (1932-1947 Issue): in silver and enamel

his grandfather had been a Major-General in the British Indian Army and his father an officer in the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery

measuring 160 mm (w) x 217 mm (h) x 18 mm (d))

Administration and military authority initially lay with the war ministry under Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg

measuring 117 mm x 26 mm

Australia, Dominion. A Rare Lord Mayor's Soudan Campaign Medal, 1885 certificate_of_authenticity Type II (1932-1947 Issue): inIn silver, privately engraved on reverse J. Foster, measuring 27. 3 mm (w) x 35. 8 mm (h), well worn and toned, fair. Footnote: Medal issued by T. Playfair, Lord Mayor of Sydney. It was presented to each member of the contingent which fought in the Soudan, who were expected to engrave their own name, number or insignia on the medal.