Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Piper D. Cameron, 72nd Highlanders, who was one of only two Pipers to play the 72nd Highlanders into Kandahar after their long march from Kabul

Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1853 Piper D. Cameron, 72nd. Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1853 Piper D. Cameron 72nd. Highlanders) heavy pitting from Star, therefore fair; the Star better (2) £1,400-£1,800

Donald Cameron served with the 72nd Highlanders during the Second Afghan War, and accompanied the regiment on its 310 mile march under Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Roberts from Kabul to Kandahar in August 1880; at the close of the march on 1 September 1880, ‘only two Pipers, Corporal Donald Cameron and Sandy Corbett (the latter being carried in a dhoolie until within a mile of the city) were able to play the Regiment into Kandahar’. Cameron subsequently saw service in the Egyptian War of 1882, where the Highland Brigade went on to distinguish itself at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir.