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№ 255

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1 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£2,600

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Allighur (Sepoy Gunness Singh,
S.N.I.)
short hyphen reverse, Calcutta impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £2000-2500

Ex Colonel Murray Collection 1891; Sotheby, May 1925; J. B. Hayward, June 1975.

One of only four known medals with single clasp for Allighur known to Indian recipients (it was not issued as a single clasp to Europeans).