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

A scarce Relief of Chitral pair to Naik Ram Singh, 1 Kashmir Mountain Battery

(a) India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (71 Naick Ram Singh, No. 1 Kashmir Mtn. By.)

(b) Jummoo and Kashmir Medal 1895, clasp, Chitral 1895 (Hdr 71 Ram Sing 1 KMB) correctly named in somewhat crudely impressed capitals, good very fine and a scarce pair (2) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Ritchie Collection of H.E.I.C. and British India Medals.

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Two guns of the 1st Mountain Battery of the Kashmir Imperial Service Troops accompanied Colonel Kelly’s relief force to Chitral in 1895, and were actively engaged at Nisa Gol on 13 April 1895, when six men of the battery were wounded . The unit subsequently served in the Tirah campaign in 1897-98.

Refs: India General Service 1895 Casualty Roll (Farrington); The Chitral Campaign (Thompson); The Relief of Chitral (Younghusband); Chitral (Robertson).