Auction Catalogue

18 September 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Forte Crest Bloomsbury Hotel  Coram Street  London  WC1N 1HT

Lot

№ 59

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18 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£140

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (Subdr. Pasand Khan, 5th Pjb. Infy.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine £80-100

Passand Khan entered the service in November 1867; Jemadar, June 1886; Subadar, October 1889; Subadar Major, December 1899; retired with rank of Honorary Captain, May 1904; Order of British India 2nd class (Bahadar), 8 January 1902; Order of British India 1st class (Sardar Bahadur), 13 December 1903. Was slightly wounded on 28 July 1879, near Gandiaur, during the 2nd Afghan War, at which time he was a Havildar.