Auction Catalogue

2 December 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 75

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2 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£2,000

Queen Victoria’s Medal for the Best Shot of the Native Armies in India, silver (No. 578 Havr. Cunniah, 13th Madras Native Infantry) nearly extremely fine and extremely rare £2000-2500

Extract from G.O.C.C. No. 194, dated 17 April 1884:

‘Adjutant-General’s Office,
Simla, 12th March 1884.

“It is notified for information that the best shot in the Native Armies of the three Presidencies, and the winner of the first, or army prize, of Rs. 100, with a silver medal, is No. 578 Havildar Cunniah, 13th Madras Native Infantry.”