Auction Catalogue

13 December 2007

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 290

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£240

Abyssinia 1867 (Sowar Hussun Allee Khan), Indian style impressed naming, no unit given, suspension refixed, minor edge bruising, about very fine £240-280

A ‘Sowar Hussun Allee Khan’ is on the roll for Abyssinia with “E” Troop, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry. A ‘Jemadar Hassan Ali Khan’, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, is listed in the published Afghanistan War 1878-80 Casualty Roll as being wounded at Deh Khojah, 16 August 1880. Sold with some copied research.