A mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Surgeon-Major Archibald White, Indian Medical Service

Cabul 1842, ‘Victoria Regina’ obverse, reverse engraved, ‘Cabul 1842’; Sutlej 1845-46, 1 engraved clasp, Sobraon; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow, all silver, on silver buckle bar with gold pin, good very fine (4) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Miniature Medals from the Collection of Mark Cline.

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Archibald White was born on 19 September 1818. M.D. Edinburgh 1839, L.R.C.S. Edinburgh 1839. Appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Indian Medical Service on 31 January 1841. Served in Afghanistan in 1842 with the force under General Pollock forcing the Khaibar Pass. When on furlough in 1851 he volunteered to serve in an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, but permission to do so was refused. Promoted to Surgeon in April 1855 and Surgeon-Major in January 1861. Served in the First Sikh War and operations in Burma, 1852-53; then in operations in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58, including operations in Oudh. He retired from the service on 7 March 1864. He died in Edinburgh on 15 March 1882. With photograph of the recipient and some copied research.