Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (6000 Pte. T. Maloney 1st. Bn. Rif. Brig.) clasp carriage adapted to enable mounting, with top retaining rod, nearly extremely fine £180-220

Thomas Maloney was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 1861, and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 7 August 1883. After a brief period with the 2nd Battalion, he was posted to the 1st Battalion on 6 March 1884, and immediately embarked for India. He served with the Regiment in Burma during the Third Burmese War from October 1886 until March 1891, returning to the U.K. on 31 March 1891. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 9 April of that year, and was discharged on 6 August 1895, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts.