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№ 433

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15 May 2024

Hammer Price:
£400

Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Patk. Phelan, 10th. Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, the obverse slightly worn, therefore nearly very fine, the reverse better £400-£500

Patrick Phelan attested for the 10th Regiment of Foot, and served with the 1st Battalion in India, seeing active service during the Second Sikh War, and later during the Great Sepoy Mutiny (Medal with claps Lucknow). He was dangerously wounded at Lucknow on 14 March 1858, and died of his wounds two days later, on 16 March 1858.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.