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

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (27B/522 Pte. M. Gavin, 1/17th Regt.) edge rubbed and bruised, polished, otherwise very fine £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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Michael Gavin was slightly wounded in the hand at Fatehabad on 2 April 1879. Subsequently embarked for England, he was transferred to the Army Reserve in April 1881.