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A medal awarded to Maltese soldier Lorenzo Camilleri, who served with the British Expeditionary Force in Egypt against Napoleon at Alexandria, is expected to sell for up to €2,340 in an auction to be held at Sotheby’s in London tomorrow. Mr Camilleri...

A medal awarded to Maltese soldier Lorenzo Camilleri, who served with the British Expeditionary Force in Egypt against Napoleon at Alexandria, is expected to sell for up to €2,340 in an auction to be held at Sotheby’s in London tomorrow. Mr Camilleri was among about 500 members of the Maltese Pioneers, an army raised in December 1800.

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