Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Pair: Private J. Hoey, 9th Lancers

Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (9th Lancers); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (9th Lancers), the first with re-riveted suspension post, both with contact wear and edge bruising, fine and better (2) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

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John Hoey, who enlisted in the 9th Lancers in June 1837, was present at the battle of Punniar in the Gwalior Campaign, Sobraon in the First Sikh War, and at the crossing of the Chenab and the battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat in the Punjab 1848-49. He was discharged back in the U.K. in September 1852.