Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ghuznee 1839 (Lieutt. Marmaduke Gwynne. 16th Lancers.) contemporary engraved naming to reverse centre, original suspension, suspension slack, very fine or better £800-1200

Marmaduke Gwynne was the son of M. H. T. Gwynne of Llanelwith Hall, and was born in Llanelwedd, Radnorshire. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and was commissioned Cornet with the 16th Lancers in May 1837. Gwynne advanced to Lieutenant in December 1839. He had inherited the family home near Builth, with the death of his father, and was a patron of the local arts. After military service he was appointed to the Provisional Committee of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway, and the Improvement of the Port and Harbour of Aberystwith, in July 1845. Gwynne died in Torquay, Devon, in April 1849.