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17 & 18 May 2016

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Lot

№ 644

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18 May 2016

Hammer Price:
£500

Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Serjt T: Rix 1st E:L:I:) minor marks, otherwise good very fine £380-420

Sergeant Thomas Rix, formerly a clerk from London, would appear to have been discharged on 9 June 1847, having been wounded in the left hand, and granted a pension of 9d per diem.

In recognition of its services in the 1st Sikh War, the 1st Battalion European Light Infantry was made a Fusilier corps and styled the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers, later becoming the 101st Foot, and, ultimately, the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Sold with research.