Hyderabad 1843 (Supg. Surgeon D. C. Bell), contemporary engraved naming, original steel clip and straight bar suspension, edge bruise, very fine £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick.

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Danderson Coates Bell was born on 23 March 1793. He became a M.R.C.S. in 1815 and was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the Indian Service on 15 May 1816, a Surgeon on 22 July 1823 and Supervising Surgeon on 15 January 1840. Serving in the Scinde War 1843, he was present at the battles of Dabba and Hyderabad. Appointed Inspector-General of Hospitals on 1 May 1843, he retired on 1 January 1844 and died in Edinburgh on 25 August 1854.