Miniature Medals

Pair: Major-General John MacDonald, Bengal Staff Corps, head of survey operations on the Looshai Expedition

Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign, 18th Bengal N.I.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Looshai (Major, Bengal Staff Corps) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and very scarce (2) £500-700

John MacDonald was born in India on 11 March 1829 and entered the East India Company Service in the season of 1846. He served with the Army of the Punjab in 1848-49 as an Ensign with the 18th Regiment Native Infantry. He was twice employed on special duty in the Looshai Country in 1869-70 and 1870-71, and in the Looshai Expedition of 1871-72, when he served as head of the survey operations. He received the thanks of Government in G.G.O.s 1227 of 1870 and 480 of 1872, and in Government Resolution 562 of 1872, in recognition of his professional work in the Looshai Expedition 1871-72. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1872, he became Colonel in December 1877, and retired as Major-General in December 1880. He died in England on 16 February 1892.