Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (Lieut. R. H. M. Currie 1st Bn. 5th Gurkha Regt.) dark toned, extremely fine £300-£400

Robert Henry Money Currie was born on 8 October 1869, son of Major-General Robert Hamilton Currie. He was first commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant into the West Riding Regiment on 1 February 1888, becoming Lieutenant on 12 February 1890, and was appointed to the Indian Staff Corps, 2nd Punjab Infantry, on 15 March 1890. He was attached to the 1st Battalion, 5th Gurkha Regiment during the Black Mountain expedition of 1891 and was present at the spirited action against the villages of Saragarhi and Ghuztang on 20 April 1891 (Medal with Clasp). He died in a polo accident on 7 November 1893.