A pair of miniature dress medals named to Captain J. M. Shipton, 33rd (The Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp, edge engraved ‘Ensign J. M. Shipton, 33rd. Regiment, 1857 & 8 & 9’; Abyssinia 1867, reverse engraved ‘Captain J. M. Shipton, 33rd Regiment, 1868’, mounted from individual silver buckles, very fine (2) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals - The Property of a Gentleman.

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Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004.

James Maurice Shipton was born in Gloucestershire on 17 September 1835 and served as Ensign without purchase in the 33rd Regiment of Foot from 14 October 1855. Raised Captain 30 October 1860, he took his retirement on 18 January 1870.