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№ 286

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13 October 2021

Hammer Price:
£700

Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (Corpl. R. Horsley, 24th. Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £400-£500

Robert Horsley attested for the 24th Regiment of Foot and served with them during the Second Sikh War. He was wounded in action at the Battle of Chilianwala on 13 January 1849, and was invalided out of the Army on 4 September 1849, returning to England on 7 February 1850.