Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Surgeon Major G. Harper, Bengal Native Infantry

Cabul 1842 (George Harper, Asst. Surgeon, 64th B.N.I.), contemporary engraved naming, with original steel clip and straight bar suspension; Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (Asst. Surgn. G. Harper, 13th Bengal N.I.) good very fine (2) £700-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick.

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George Harper was born on 13 June 1810. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 23 July 1839, he served in the Afghanistan War of 1841-42, being present at the forcing of the Khaibar Pass and advance to Kabul under General Pollock and also served in the Second Sikh War, being present at the battle of Goojerat. Appointed Surgeon on 25 August 1853 and Surgeon Major on 23 July 1859; he retired on 1 August 1865.