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Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E.

Brigadier (Retd) B.A.H. Parritt, C.B.E.

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№ 100

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27 June 2007

Hammer Price:
£3,300

India General Service 1854-95, 6 clasps, Bhootan, Looshai, Naga 1879-80, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Sepoy Pertaub Sing, 44th Regt. N.I.), silver buckle on ribbon, claw tightened, slight edge bruising, very fine £500-600

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In the 1890 Indian Army List, the services of a ‘Subadar Pertab Singh Rae’, 44th Regiment Gurkha Light Infantry, are listed as: Khasia and Jainta Hills expedition, 1862-63; Bhootan campaign, 1864-65-66 (Medal and clasp); Looshai expedition, 1871-72 (clasp); Naga expedition, 1879-80 (clasp); Burma campaign, 1886-87 (clasp) and Chin expedition, 1888-89.

The medal is illustrated as the frontispiece in
Red with Two Blue Stripes by Colonel B. A. H. Parritt, M.B.E.