Auction Catalogue

2 April 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. Including a superb collection of medals to the King’s German Legion, Police Medals from the Collection of John Tamplin and a small collection of medals to the Irish Guards

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 224 x

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2 April 2003

Hammer Price:
£3,800

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (W. Connor, Eur. Regt.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, a few edge bruises, otherwise better than very fine and very scarce £2000-2500

Ex Whitaker Collection.

Approximately 88 clasps issued for Kirkee & Poona, including 40 to the 103rd Bombay European Regiment, later 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. A renamed medal to this recipient was noted on the London market in 1968; the medal offered above is in every respect genuine.