Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (903, Pte. M. Higgins. Oxf: L.I.) engraved naming, suspension claw tightened, minor edge bruise, good very fine £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Michael Higgins enlisted on 9 July 1864 and is recorded in the British Army Worldwide Index of 1871 as a Private in the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Light Infantry, serving at Fermoy, Ireland. He was discharged from 1st Battalion, Oxford Light Infantry on 20 April 1886, on termination of his second period of engagement.