Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Bombardier George Seffert 3rd. Troop 2d. Bn. H.A.) officially re-engraved naming, edge bruising, nearly very fine £140-£180

George Seffert was born in St. Pancras, London in 1824. A cabinet maker by trade, he attested at Marlborough Street for the Bengal Artillery on 21 February 1845, sailing to India aboard the Judith Allan six months later. Promoted Bombardier on 19 September 1848, the muster book taken on 1 September 1849 at Dum Dum shows him serving with 3/2 Bengal Horse Artillery. Further advanced Corporal, his career stalled somewhat in the autumn of 1851 when he was Court Martialed and reduced to Gunner.

The muster for 1857-58, taken at Meerut on 1 September 1858, records Seffert with 1st Troop, 2nd Brigade. Returned to Corporal 10 April 1860, history repeated itself and he was reduced in the ranks once again, transferring as Gunner to the Royal Artillery upon release from confinement on 20 February 1861. Discharged at Netley on 18 November 1863 after 20 years as a soldier, his medical report states debility ‘from age and service’.

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