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

№ 71

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18 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£75

India General Service 1895-1902, 4 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98, Waziristan 1901-02 (3156 Sepoy Sundar Singh, 45th Rattray’s Sikhs) very fine £60-80

Entered the Indian Army in June 1889; promoted to Jemadar, 1 November 1901; served North West Frontier of India 1897-98 - Defence of Malakand, action at Landikai, operations in Bajour and in the Mahmund country (medal with 2 clasps); Tirah 1897-98 - operations in the Bara Valley, 7th to 14th December 1897 (clasp); Waziristan 1901-2 (clasp). Note that this medal should have the clasp for Malakand in place of that for Samana.