Scinde Medal 1843. With 'Meeanee' reverse

The medal with clip & straight hinged suspension

Un-named and un-attributed

The Battle of Meeanee was fought between between forces of the Bombay Army of the East India Company, under the command of Charles Napier and the Baloch army of Talpur Amirs of Scinde (now Sindh), led by Mir Nasir Khan Talpur. The battle took place on 17 February 1843 at Meeanee, Sindh, in ...  read more

Code: 25840

Afghanistan War Medal 1878-1880. No clasp (4411. Driv: C. Taylor. H/1st Bde. R.A.)

Medal(s) Verification: Driver Charles Taylor of the Royal Regiment of Artillery is confirmed entitled to the Afghan Medal with no clasp as well as an Army Long Service Good Conduct Medal per below cited medal roll & referred to extant service papers:

- Afghan War Medal 1878-80. No clasp: WO 100/54
- Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. Victorian issue: Army Order 103 of...  read more

Code: 25833

Afghanistan Medal 1878-80. Clasp 'Ahmed Khel'

 
A full-size loose clasp

Complete with back strap and lug fittings as issued. Top lugs with rivets

The Battle of Ahmed Khel - a British 'Victory' - took place during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. It was fought on 19 April 1880, on the road between Kandahar and Kabul in central Afghanistan between British and Indian Army troops against Afghan forces
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Code: 25832

East & West Africa Medal 1887-1900. Clasp 'Benin 1897'. Silver

A full-size loose clasp

Complete with back strap and lug fittings, small polished solder mark on one lug (possibly indicating the clasp face re-attached a/f)

Ideal for reconstitution of a lost clasp on a medal with missing clasp

Condition: About VF  read more

Code: 25828

China Medal 1900. Clasp 'Taku Forts'. Silver

Sold as a full-size contemporary tailors-copy

Clasp face re-attached to clasp carriage. The clasp with backstrap and four lugs. The lower lugs clipped below eyes

Reference 'British Battles and Medals' (Spink, 7th Edition 2006), the below following numbers of 'Taku Forts' clasps are recorded being awarded to Naval personnel including Royal Marines:

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Code: 25822

1914-15 Star (GS-10190 Pte. T. W. Jarvis, 12-Lrs.)

Wounded-in-Action: Received Gunshot & Shrapnel Wound (or GSW) to 'Jaw, Right Shoulder & Hand' on 25 March 1918, in France, during opening moves of the German 'Spring Offensive' (recipients service papers refer)

Medal(s) verification: Private Thomas William Jarvis, 12th Lancers, is confirmed entitled to the 1914-15 Star and companion Great War medals and Silver War Badge cited bel...  read more

Code: 25817

India General Service Medal 1908-35. GV 2nd Issue with clasp 'North West Frontier 1930-31' (6607 Swr. Asat Ali Khan. Poona Horse.)

By ethnicity and faith the recipient Asat Ali Khan, was a Punjabi Mussalman holding the rank of Sowar (Trooper) while serving with the Poona Horse (Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry) of the British Indian Army

Poona Horse: The regiment had its origins in the old Bombay Army of the East India Company, where its predecessor units were raised in 1820 & 1817 respectively. In 1921 the 33rd...  read more

Code: 25811

India General Service Medal 1936-39 With 1 x clasp 'North West Frontier 1936-37' (39 W-Carr. Feroze Khan, 2-A. & S. H.) 

The recipient Feroze Khan was an Indian non-combatant attested follower of Punjabi Mussalman ethnicity & faith, who performed the vital role of 'Water Carrier' while serving with the 2nd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders f the British Army - and the direct descendent unit of the immortal 'Thin Red Line' of Balaklava, Crimean War fame

Water-Carrier's played a vital part in...  read more

Code: 25808

The Africa Star. No clasp

A Royal Mint strike

The medal complete with its original unmounted bright silk riband, and sold with its waxed paper envelope (a/f), as issued

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Code: 25807

The Italy Star

A Royal Mint strike

The medal retaining its original silk 'pinked' riband, and sold with its waxed paper envelope (a/f), as issued

Condition: About EF  read more

Code: 25806