Auction Catalogue

11 & 12 December 2013

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

№ 15

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11 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£95

British War Medal 1914-20 (2931 Sepoy Bhag Singh, 52 Sikhs F.F.), refixed and somewhat bent suspension bar, good fine £30-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the Scinde Rifles.

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Bhag Singh was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 18 March 1915, while attached to the 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force). The son of Radha of Separujan, Dasuya, Hoshiarpur in the Punjab, he is commemorated on the Neuve Chapelle Memorial, France.