Lot Archive

Lot

№ 608

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19 April 1995

Hammer Price:
£680

A rare campaign group of five to Sick Berth Attendant W. H. Callard who served in the Rifle Brigade, the Army Hospital Corps and the Royal Navy
Ashantee 1873-74, clasp, Coomassie (2050 Pte., 2 Bn. Rifle Bde. 1873-4); South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1879 (2771 Pte., A.H.C.); Egypt 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (2771 Pte., A.H.C.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Asst. S.B. Attdt., H.M.S. Mariner); Khedive’s Star 1882, the second with severe edge bruise and generally with contact marks but better than good fine and a rare combination (5)

Only 80 Burma clasps issued to H.M.S. Mariner.