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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 24th April 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Wednesday 23 April 10am to 5pm Private viewing by appointment only |
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| Auction Lots - Page 11 | |||
| 501 | |||
| Military General Service 1793-1814, nine clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Kettles, 52nd. Foot.), third clasp with contemporary engraved replacement clasp facing, otherwise extremely fine £2,000-2,500 Footnote: Private James Kettles, born Denham, Cheshire, 1792; enlisted in the 52nd Light Infantry, May 1812; served with the 1st Battalion in the Peninsula and received a wound to the foot, 10.11.1813, at Sare, during the storming of the heights of Vera in the Pyrenees, where the 52nd suffered heavy casualties largely at the taking of the strategic 'Star Redoubt' on the ridge; discharged, January 1815, after 2 years and 244 days with the Colours. |
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| 502 | |||
| Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Seetabuldee (Hutty Mohun. V, M.N.I.), officially impressed, India, good very fine, clasp very rare £2,200-2,600 |
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| 503 | |||
| Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Ava (J. Garratt, 38th. Foot.), nearly extremely fine £700-900 Footnote: 235 Private John Garratt, born Cork, Ireland, 1803; enlisted in the 55th Foot, September 1817; transferred to the 38th Foot; March 1822; discharged, July 1838, after 20 years and 68 days with the Colours, of which 14 years were spent in India and Burma. |
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| 504 | |||
| Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Ava (Ensign W.W. Childers, 41st. Foot), officially impressed, Royal Mint, good very fine £900-1,100 Footnote: Lieutenant William W. Childers, Commissioned Ensign, 10th Regiment of Foot, July 1821; transferred to the 41st Regiment of Foot, April 1822; promoted Lieutenant, May 1825 |
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| 505 | |||
| Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Ava (Asst. Surg. W. Stevenson. 2nd. Locl. Hse.), officially engraved in serif capitals, India, traces of lacquer, light contact marks, therefore very fine £1,000-1,200 |
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| 506 | |||
| Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Bhurtpoor (B. Cooper, 14th. Foot.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, suspension claw re-affixed, good very fine £800-1,000 Footnote: Private Benjamin Cooper, served with the 14th Foot in Captain C. Wilson's Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815. |
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| 507 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (Rich. Greenhalgh, 1st. Reg. Dragoon Guards.), heavy contact marks, edge bruising, good fine, with later steel clip and split ring suspension £1,400-1,800 Footnote: Private Richard Greenhalgh, born Bolton, Lancashire, 1791; enlisted in the 2nd Dragoon Guards, February 1809; discharged, May 1810; re-enlisted in the 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards, November 1811; served with the Regiment during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815, and severely wounded in several parts of the body with a sword at the Battle of Waterloo, 18.6.1815; discharged, July 1832, after 23 years and 327 days with the Colours. |
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| 508 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (William Greenhalgh. 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.), edge bruising, nearly very fine, with later steel clip and split ring suspension £1,600-2,000 Footnote: Private William Greenhalgh, born Bolton, Lancashire, 1792; enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, May 1800; served with the Regiment in Egypt, 1801; during the Peninsula Campaign, 1809-13, where he was present at the Battles of Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, and Nive; and in Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dawkins' Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; discharged, August 1816, after 18 years and 85 days with the Colours. |
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| 509 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Wm. Donaldson, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards.), nearly very fine, with replacement steel clip and contemporary straight bar suspension £1,400-1,800 Footnote: Sergeant William Donaldson, born Dalkeith, Midlothian, 1787; enlisted in the 3rd Foot Guards, December 1811; promoted Corporal, May 1814; served with the Regiment in Lieutenant-Colonel Charles West's Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815, and was wounded in the body in the fighting in the vicinity of the beleaguered farm of Hougemount, 18.6.1815; promoted Sergeant, April 1826; served with the British intervention force in Portugal, 1827-28; discharged, April 1831, after 21 years and 107 days with the Colours. |
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| 510 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (Serj. William Hill. 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot.), worn, fair, with original steel clip and split ring suspension £600-700 Footnote: Sergeant William Hill served in Captain James Skerrow's Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Foot during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815. |
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| 511 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (John Pike, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot.), very fine, with original steel clip and split ring suspension £1,400-1,800 Footnote: Private John Pike, served in Captain G. Morrow's Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815. |
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| 512 | |||
| Cabul 1842 (Simon Jacob 3rd. Lt. Dragns.), impressed naming, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine, with original steel clip and ring suspension £550-650 |
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| 513 | |||
| Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Serjt. Jeremiah Ryan. 41st. Regt.), engraved in upright serif capitals, good very fine, with contemporary silver clip and straight silver bar suspension £600-700 Footnote: 867 Sergeant Jeremiah Ryan, born Maryborough, Queens County, Ireland, 1808; enlisted in the 20th Foot, February 1826; transferred to the 41st Foot, October 1836; promoted Sergeant, June 1841; discharged, May 1848, after more than 21 years with the Colours, of which 16 years were spent in India, Scinde (Medal), and Afghanistan. |
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| 514 | |||
| Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal, one clasp, Sobraon (Captn. A. Wheatley, 5th. Bengal Lt. Cavy.), officially renamed in India in small serif capitals, good very fine £200-250 Footnote: Major-General Arthur Wheatley, born 1807, Commissioned Cornet, January 1824 and arrived in Calcutta aboard the Berwickshire, May 1824; posted to the 5th Bengal Light Cavalry; promoted Lieutenant, May 1825; Captain, December 1838; served during the First and Second Sikh Wars and wounded in action near Ramnuggur, 22.11.1848; Commanded the 5th Bengal Light Cavalry at the Battle of Chilianwala, 13.1.1849, and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3.3.1849); promoted Brevet Major, June 1849; Major, April 1850; Lieutenant Colonel, November 1853; and Brevet Colonel, November 1854; transferred to the 4th European Light Cavalry, 1858; retired with the rank of Major-General; died, September 1881. |
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| 515 | |||
| Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon, no clasp (Samuel Wilcott 53rd. Regt.), edge bruising, very fine £300-400 |
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| 516 | |||
| Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Corpl. G. Gull. 1st. Bn. 60th. R. Rifles.), old repair to suspension, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £300-350 |
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| 517 | |||
| Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Havildar. Gunga Passee. Scinde. Camel. B.C.), very fine £300-400 |
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| 518 | |||
| Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (W. Thomas, 24th Foot.), nearly extremely fine £600-700 Footnote: 3130 Private William Thomas, died 7.6.1849. |
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| 519 | |||
| South Africa 1834-53 (J. Mc.Minn, 75th Regt.) light contact marks, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £500-600 Footnote: Private James McMinn, born Hertford, 1812; enlisted in the 75th Foot, April 1831; served with the Regiment in South Africa during the First Kaffir War 1834-35; discharged, September 1851, after 20 years and 165 days with the Colours. Approximately 128 South Africa 1834-53 Medals to the 75th Foot, the fewest for any Regiment present. |
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| 520 | |||
| South Africa 1834-53 (A. Blount. 1st. Btn. Rifle Bde.), heavy edge bruising, nearly very fine £350-400 |
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| 521 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (533 Gunr P Hogan, No. 2 By. 24th. Bde. R.A.), good very fine £200-250 |
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| 522 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (3002 T. Parling. 1st. Bn. 22nd. Regt.), pawnbroker's mark to edge, suspension claw tightened, good very fine £200-250 |
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| 523 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (1919 Pte. W. Norman. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.), nearly very fine £200-250 |
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| 524 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (1726 Pte. J. Prior. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.), surname officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £120-160 Footnote: 1726 Private John Prior, served with the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, as part of Brevet Colonel A.D. Macdonell's Expedition against Sultan Muhammed Khan on the North West Frontier of India, December 1863- January 1864; discharged, March 1868. |
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| 525 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (1071. Pte. J. Wilson. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.), good very fine £180-220 |
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| 526 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (Sepoy Ramdyal Misser 21st. Regt. N.I.), toned, good very fine £100-140 |
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| 527 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (2380 Sepoy Sundar 6th. Punjab Infy.), worn, good fine £70-90 |
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| 528 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (Wm. Crute. Gunrs. Mate. "Salamander"), good very fine £200-250 |
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| 529 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (John Pollard. 18th. Royal Irish Regt.), suspension slightly loose, toned, very fine £200-250 |
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| 530 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (2nd. Lieut. John Fredrick Wing. 1st. Madras Fusrs.), nearly extremely fine £300-350 |
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| 531 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (C. Hughes, O.S. Falkland, Sloop), good very fine, scarce £700-900 Footnote: Approximately 114 India General Service Medals with clasp Persia awarded to the crew of the Indian Navy Sloop Falkland (18 guns). |
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| 532 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (Gunner T. Owens. Artillery.), very fine £400-500 |
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| 533 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (Capt. C.P. Rigby, Supt. Bazaars.), good very fine, a unique rank and unit combination, together with a copy of General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade, edited by the recipient's daughter, Mrs. Charles Russell, which included extracts from the recipient's journals and despatches throughout his life £2,000-3,000 Footnote: Major-General Christopher Palmer Rigby, (1820-85), was born at Yately Lodge, Yately, Hampshire, and educated at Abingdon Grammar School and Addiscombe. Commissioned an Ensign in the 5th Regiment of Native Infantry, 1836, he remained in India, except for a posting in Aden from 1840 to 1843, until 1850. During these years of service overseas he acquired fluency in eight oriental and African languages. In 1853 he visited Russia, and whilst in St. Petersburg was granted an audience with the Czar, 'who talked to him for about twenty minutes on various subjects connected with India, asking particularly about the organisation of our Native Army, the fortifications of Aden, our treatment of cholera &c.' (General Rigby, Zanzibar, and the Slave Trade, edited by his daughter, Mrs. Charles Russell refers). After a period of leave back in England, he returned to India via Constantinople, arriving back in April 1854, and was appointed President of the Civil and Military Examination Committee for native languages, his latest recreation being the study of Turkish. In September 1855 Rigby embarked for the Persian Gulf on a secret service mission, whilst holding the official title of Superintendent of Bazaars and Police. On his arrival he was asked if he would take charge of the town of Bushire. 'His big challenge was how to govern the populous city. Not the slightest preparation for such a situation had been made by the Bombay authorities. Not a policeman, or even a single pair of handcuffs, had been sent. Undeterred, Rigby engaged a house, erected a flagstaff, and established a Police Office, himself being the only policeman! He immediately issued a notice liberating all slaves and forbidding the sale of liquor to our soldiers and sailors. There being no gaol, summary punishment by public flogging was the only resource. He at once set about enlisting Persians to form a Police Corp, and at the first opportunity ordered from Bombay uniform and equipment for 200 men. Complaints were made by Armenian ladies that they were unable to appear in the streets during the day as they were insulted by Persians. To put a stop to this, Rigby procured the disguise of a lady. He mixed with a party of Armenian ladies, and followed by two of his policemen, armed with a hidden rope and cat-o'-nine tails, strolled through the main streets. Any Persian using insulting language found himself suddenly seized from behind, tied up to the nearest door-post, and given two dozen lashes. This soon put a stop to the annoyance of the Armenian ladies.' (ibid). Rigby was in Persia, based at Bushire, throughout the Persian Campaign, during which he was appointed variously Military Commandant, Civil Commissioner, Magistrate, and Superintendent of Bazaars and Police. For his service in Persia he was Mentioned in the farewell General Order issued on the break-up of the Persian Expeditionary Force by General Jacob: 'The services of this officer have been most valuable. He has very greatly improved the town of Bushire, and has maintained justice, peace, quiet, and excellent order among the inhabitants. His duties have been of a most delicate and important nature, he has been most zealous and industrious in their performance, and he is well worthy of a favourable notice', and was Mentioned in Major-General Stalker's Despatch. He returned to Bombay in February 1858, and was thus the first to embark from India and the last to quit Persian territory during the Persian War. After returning to Bombay in 1858 Rigby was appointed the East India Company's agent in Zanzibar and British Consul, arriving in July 1858. Whilst stationed in Zanzibar he met and assisted several celebrated explorers, including Burton, Speke, Livingstone, and Grant. He also worked with ardour to suppress the traffic in slaves and his efforts to enforce the 1845 treaty which restricted the East African slave-trade were unremitting. Furthermore, he ordered the emancipation of all slaves owned by British subjects residing in Zanzibar; it is believed that he set free 8000 slaves up to the time of his leaving Zanzibar. In September 1861 Rigby left Zanzibar because of ill health and returned to England. In January 1864 he was appointed commissioner for the settlement of boundary disputes between the states of Baroda and Jamnagar. He resigned from the army in August 1867 with the rank of major-general, and retired to London. He died at his home in Portland Place; shortly before his death he lost all his savings in the collapse of the Oriental Bank. |
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| 534 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan (401 Gunr. J. Brown No. 6 By. 25th. Bde. R), very fine £200-250 |
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| 535 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan (733 N. Buxton H.M.s 55th Regt.), good very fine £240-280 Footnote: Sergeant Nathan Buxton, born London, 1838; enlisted in the 55th Foot, May 1861; promoted Corporal, August 1868; Sergerant, December 1872; discharged April 1882, after 20 years and 357 days with the Colours. |
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| 536 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Naga-1879-80 (Sepoy Dhunbeer Khurga 44th. Regt. N.I.), suspension claw reaffixed, fire damage to obverse left field, therefore good fine £80-120 |
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| 537 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (373 Pte. J. Vale 2d. Bn. L'pool R.), nearly very fine £100-140 |
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| 538 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (1973 Pte. J. Marlow 1st. Bn. Hamps. R.), suspension loose, light scratch marks to reverse, nearly very fine £100-140 |
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| 539 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Captn. P.J. Cunningham 1st. Bn. Rif. Brig.), nearly extremely fine £240-280 Footnote: Captain Patrick Joseph Cunningham, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, East Yorkshire Regiment, May 1878; promoted Lieutenant, July 1881; seconded for service with the Army Pay Department, as Paymaster, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, December 1885; promoted Captain, May 1887; served with the Rifle Brigade in Burma; died 1888. |
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| 540 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. F.V. Whittall, 3rd. Infy: Hydd. Contgt.), officially renamed in running script, right hand side clasp facing repaired, suspension re-affixed, good very fine £120-160 Footnote: Colonel Francis Vaughan Whittall, born Agra, India, March 1861; educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Leinster Regiment, July 1881; transferred to the Indian Army and posted to the Hyderabad Contingent; promoted Lieutenant, August 1883; served with the 3rd Infantry Battalion in Burma, 1887-88; as a Special Service Officer in China, 1900 (Medal), and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 13.9.1901); advanced Lieutenant-Colonel, June 1904; retired with the Brevet rank of Colonel, 1912; rejoined, 1914, and Commanded the 10th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment and the 2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War (awarded 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal); died at home in East Grinstead, 6.10.1939. Colonel Whittall's China Medal and Great War Medals were sold at auction, 2.12.2009. |
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| 541 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Sikkim 1888 (434 Pte. F. Davis 2d. Bn. Derby. R.), good very fine £200-250 |
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| 542 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Sikkim 1888 (661 Pte. G. Hazlehurst 2nd. Bn. Derby. R.), minor edge bruising, good very fine £200-250 |
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| 543 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara 1888 (173 Pte. J. Jackson 2d. Bn. R. Suss. R.), nearly very fine £140-180 |
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| 544 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (1124 Sepoy Champa Singh Gharti Surma Valley Mily. Police), good very fine £140-180 |
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| 545 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1889-92 (2178 Lce. Corpl. J.H. Bicknell 1st. Bn. D.C.L. Infy:), worn, nearly very fine £70-90 |
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| 546 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Samana 1891 (1367 Corpl. H. Bond 2d. Bn. Manch. R.), good very fine £200-250 |
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| 547 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Samana 1891 (1933 Pte. J. Howard 2d. Bn. Manch. R.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £200-240 |
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| 548 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (1467 Rifleman Asoo Gurung 44th. Bl. Infy.), good very fine £80-120 |
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| 549 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Waziristan 1894-95 (3817 Pte. B. Ralton 2d. Bn. Border Regt.), edge nick, nearly very fine £140-180 |
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| 550 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (2263 Pte. D. Sullivan 2d. Bn. R. Sco. Fus.), unofficial lugs between first and second clasps, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £140-180 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 24th April 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Wednesday 23 April 10am to 5pm Private viewing by appointment only |
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