Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Patk. Heffernan, 97th Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine £180-220

Ex Squadron Leader Etkins Collection, Glendining’s 17 September 1986; Morton & Eden, 25 May 2005.

Patrick Heffernan joined the 19th Regiment under age in 1853. The following year, aged 18, he was tried and sentenced to 50 lashes. He was transferred to the 97th Regiment in 1857 and to the 38th Regiment in 1866. In total he served over 21 years, with 16 years overseas.