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

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Ens. B. B. Thompson, 38th Regt.), with silver buckle on ribbon, in fitted leather case, slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £350-400

Benjamin Blades Thompson was commissioned an Ensign with the 38th Regiment on 29 February 1856; he retired by the sale of his commission on 17 August 1858.