Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (Havildar Tan Dooray, Native Vtn. Btn.) long hyphen reverse, contemporary locally impressed naming, slight edge bruising, and contact marks, about very fine £1000-1200

Ex D.N.W. 5 March 1996.

The recipient was a Havildar (Sergeant) serving in the Native Veteran Battalion, of the Bombay Army, at the time he claimed his Army of India Medal in 1851 - native veterans still serving post 1851 invariably received their medals named to the regiment they were serving in at the time of their claim, rather than the regiments they served in at the time of qualifying for the medals.