Auction Catalogue

28 & 29 March 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 26

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29 March 2012

Hammer Price:
£4,000

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Allighur (Sepoy Gunness Singh, S.N.I.) short hyphen reverse, Calcutta impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £2000-2500

Ex Colonel Murray Collection 1891; Sotheby, May 1925; J. B. Hayward, June 1975.

One of only four known medals with single clasp for Allighur known to Indian recipients (it was not issued as a single clasp to Europeans).