PRIVATE W. BUSSEY, 1ST BATTALION COLDSTREAM GUARDS. Egypt Medal 1882-89, undated reverse,

PRIVATE W. BUSSEY, 1ST BATTALION COLDSTREAM GUARDS. Egypt Medal 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (officially named, engraved in sloping upper and lower case serifed letters and numbers: 5984. P(te) (W). BUSSEY. 1/ CO(LD)m Gds.). Contact marked from the Star to surfaces and rim at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock, partially obscuring naming details (as indicated), otherwise Good Fine to Almost Very Fine with a small length of worn original silk ribbon.

Medal accompanied by copied campaign service record, extract discharge register and copied extract medal roll, confirming medal and clasp.

Campaign Service record confirms that William Bussey saw service with the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards during the Suakin 1885 campaign from 19/2/1885 to 11/9/1885, which includes the period of active operations at Suakin, 1/3/1885 to 14/5/1885. He was discharged on 3/2/1896, on the completion of his first period of service