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10 November 2021

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№ 121 x

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10 November 2021

Hammer Price:
£480

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (E. A. S. Mignon, Actg. Purser. Clive, Sloop) good very fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Ron Wright.

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Provenance: Sotheby, April 1880 and May 1884; Glendining’s, May 1911 and June 1993.

107 clasps issued to Europeans and 168 clasps issued to native crewmen of the wooden sloop of war
Clive.

E. A. S. Mignon was born on 20 July 1831, at Deesa, Gujerat, India. He passed as Captain’s Clerk on 12 July 1854, then serving in India, having been an acting Clerk for ‘upwards of seven years.’ He later served as Paymaster to the Indian Naval Brigade during the Indian Mutiny in May 1858, and was appointed Purser on 9 October 1858.