Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Gallant Sepoys and Sowars, by Major W. J. Elliott and Lieutenant-Colonel Knollys, c. 1860, 176pp., a scarce early work detailing the gallantry of Indian soldiers in the Mutiny and in Afghanistan &c., with illustrations and index, hardback, lacking frontispiece, otherwise good condition

The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan 1878-80 and how it was won, by Major W. J. Elliott, Dean, London, 1882, 250pp., an interesting and very early “boy’s own” accounts of gallantry in the Second Afghan War, with illustrations and index, hardback, good condition (2) £20-£30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Books from the Library of Peter Duckers.

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