Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 845

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£1,000

Pair: Colonel G. W. Fraser, Bengal Army

Sutlej 1845-46, for [Ferozeshuhur] 1845, the name of the battle erased from exergue and fitted with unofficial clasp ‘Ferozeshuhur’ (Ensign G: W: Fraser 27th Regt. N:I:); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Col. G. W. Fraser, 39th Ben: N:I:) contained on an old fitted glazed display frame, nearly extremely fine (2) £800-1000

Colonel George William Fraser served in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46 and was present at the battle of Ferozeshuhur. During the Afghan war he commanded the 3rd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, Peshawur Valley Field Force, from 18 April till 3 June, and the Khyber Brigade from 8 July till 9 September, 1879. He commanded the 39th Bengal Native Infantry at Ali Musjid from 3 June till 6 July, 1879, and also from 27 September till 1 November, 1879.