A Collection of Medals to the 42nd Highlanders and 73rd Foot (Black Watch)

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (179. Pte. M. McGowan, 42nd Highds. 1873-4) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £360-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 42nd Highlanders and 73rd Foot (Black Watch).

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One of the detachment of 2 officers and 135 men of the 79th Highlanders who were attached to the 42nd Highlanders, from December 1873 to May 1874, for service during the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74.