Auction Catalogue

17 September 2004

Starting at 11:00 AM

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

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 972

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£200

Pair: Corporal A. Benns, Rifle Brigade, later Indian Ordnance Department

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (1914 Corpl., 3d Bn. Rif. Bde) number officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sub Condr., I.O. Dept.); together with a Rifle Brigade badge, good very fine (2) £130-160

A. Benns became Assistant Overseer Examiner (with rank of Sub Conductor) in the Indian Ordnance at the Cossipore Foundry and Shell Factory, India in September 1908.