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Sold on 25 June 2008

1 part

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A Collection of Medals to the Hampshire Regiment

Lot

№ 815

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£360

China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Ml. Behan, 67th Regt.) officially impressed naming, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Hampshire Regiment.

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Michael Behan was born in Croom, Co. Limerick. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the 67th Regiment at Limerick on 9 May 1846, aged 20 years. With the regiment he served in Gibraltar, the West Indies, India, China and the Cape of Good Hope. He was discharged at Waterford on 2 July 1867. Sold with copied discharge papers.