Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Str. Karkare, Ind Flot.) officially impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and rare £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Ron Wright.

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The Punjab medal rolls for both Europeans and native crewmen of the Indus Flotilla are far from complete and several examples are known, both with and without Mooltan clasp, variously named to one of the ships present or, as in this case, simply ‘Ind Flot.’ for Indus Flotilla. Captain Douglas-Morris, in Vol. 1 of his Naval Medals, particularly mentions Stoker Karkare’s medal as being the most recent to surface - some 40 years ago.