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

A pair of miniature dress medals named to Captain J. M. Shipton, 33rd Regiment, Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp, edge inscribed, ‘Ensign J. M. Shipton, 33rd Regiment, 1857 & 8 & 9’; Abyssinia 1867-68, reverse inscribed, ‘CaptainJ. M. Shipton, 33rd Regiment, 1868, mounted from individual silver buckles, very fine (2) £160-200

James Maurice Shipton, 33rd Regiment, Ensign 13 October 1855, Lieutenant by purchase 21 February 1860, Captain by purchase 30 October 1866.