Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Sergeant James Sims, 61st Foot, later sergeant Major of the 1st Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (61st Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (61st Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Delhi (Serjt., 61st Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (1435 Serjt., 61st Foot) the last fitted with unofficial Indian Mutiny style clasp inscribed ‘Long Service’, the Punjab and Mutiny medals with much contact wear, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine and a rare group to the regiment (4) £700-800

Sold with copy service papers and confirmation of all medals and clasps. Only 74 men of the 61st were entitled to the North West Frontier clasp for the expedition to the Kohat Pass in February 1850. It is believed that no more than six men of the 61st Foot earned this combination of medals.