Auction Catalogue

6 December 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 358

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£550

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Chapln. to the Forces Revd. R. C. Browne, 1873-4) very fine £300-350

Ralph C. Browne was appointed Chaplain 4th Class on 9 August 1862; 3rd Class, August 1872; 2nd Class, August 1877; 1st Class, ranking as Colonel, August 1882. He served in the Ashantee war of 1873-74 under Sir Garnet Wolseley (Medal), and retired in 1894.