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

№ 747

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12 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£680

Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Private Charles Nickels, H.M. 40th Regt.) engraved naming, original steel clip and straight bar suspension, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £550-650

Charles Nickels was serving in the 40th Regiment in 1842; transferred to the 31st Regiment in November 1844; the 50th Regiment in February 1845 and the 32nd Regiment in December 1846. He died at Ferozpore on 20 August 1848. With copied roll extract and other research.