Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (R. Kirk, 86th. Regt.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £260-300

Robert Kirk was born in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, in 1823, and attested for the 86th Regiment of Foot at Wokingham, Berkshire, on 27 February 1843. He served with the Regiment in India for 15 years, 9 months, and saw service during the Mutiny. He was awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, on 1 April 1864, and was discharged on 5 July of that year, after 21 years’ and 129 days’ service.