Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Cabul 1842 (Pte. Robert Glen, H.M. 31st. Foot) contemporary re-engraved naming, with steel clip and straight bar suspension, good very fine £200-240

Robert Glen was born in Symington, Ayrshire in 1820, and attested for the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot on 4 February 1840. He served in the East Indies and in Afghanistan, and was present at the Battle of Mazenia, 26 July 1842, and the Battle for the Tazeen Pass, 13 September 1842. He was promoted Corporal on 16 November 1845, and took part in the First Sikh War, where he was wounded at the Battle of Moodkee, 18 December 1845. He was discharged at Chatham on 28 January 1847, in consequence of a gunshot wound in the right forearm received at Moodkee.