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21 May 2020

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Lot

№ 444

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£500

Cabul 1842 (Bugr. Wm. Sculley XIII. P.A.L.I.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, light marks, otherwise good very fine £300-£400

Provenance: D. C. L. Gosling Collection, Nimrod Dix & Co., November 1985.

William Sculley was born in the Parish of Bellbriggin, County Louth, and was attested for the 13th Light Infantry at Galway on 31 January 1825, aged 22. He served in the East Indies for 19 years 8 months and was discharged at Richmond Barracks on 20 May 1847. He was then ‘in possession of 3 medals, viz: For the storming of Ghuznee, General action at Jellalabad, and Recapture of Cabool.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.