Turkey: Crimea Medal 1855. With 'Sardinia' flag reverse
Medal plugged at 12 o'clock. with Crimea type swivel suspension. This latter with loose suspension clip
Un-named as issued
With 'Sardinian Flag' in centre reverse
The medal fitted with a silver claw with loose claw & swivel scroll suspension
Condition: About VF read more
185.00 GBP
China Medal 1857-60. With clasp 'Canton 1857'
Un-named as issued to Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel
The medal fitted with a length of medal riband in the colours of the subdued 1st type medal riband for the Second Opium War.
Reference 'Ribbons and Medals' (H. Taprell Dorling, 1974) wrote about the China Medal 1857-60:
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It was authorised in 1861, and was first issued w... read more
China Medal 1857-60. With 2 x clasps 'Canton 1857' & 'Taku Forts 1858'
Un-named as issued to Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel
Condition: Mild toned VF read more
India General Service 1854-95. Silver issue with clasp 'Umbeyla' (Havildar Jowalla Sing 23d Punjab Pioneers)
Claw neatly re-affixed
Indian Order of Merit: Havildar Jowalla Sing 23rd (Punjab) Regiment of Native Infantry (Pioneers) was awarded the Indian Order of Merit 3rd Clas for the conspicuous gallantry he displayed at Umbyla in 1863, his award being published in Government General Order No 324 of 1864. The official recommendation of award states:
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India General Service Medal 1854. Silver issue with clasp 'N.E. Frontier 1891 (1804 Rifleman Guman Singh Thapa 1st Bn 2nd Gurkha Regt)
The recipient was a Nepalese soldier of Gurkha ethnicity and Hindu faith from Western Nepal, holding the rank of Rifleman while serving with the 1st Battalion 2nd (The Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles) of the Bengal Army
On 1 January 1948, the descendent 1/2 Gurkha Rifles transferred to the British Army
The campaign in the North E... read more
245.00 GBP
Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Bugler Saitia Lohar 5th Goorkha Regt)
Wounded-in-Action: No. 1295 Sepoy Sitia (sic) Lohar, 5th Goorkha Regiment is recorded as being 'Wounded-in-Action' (shown as slightly wounded) at the Battle of Peiwar Kotal on, 2 December 1878 (ref The Second Afghan war 1878-1880 Casualty Roll (Anthony Farrington, 1986)
Saitia Lohar was appointed 'Bugler' sometime after 2 December 1878, and before the Kabul to Kandahar march bet... read more
Egypt (Khedivate): Khedives Sudan Medal 1896. With clasp 'Khartoum'. Inscribed in Arabic (1866 / 11th)
The medal is has the recipients regimental number and regiment in Arabic numerals inscribed on the edge of the medal, in the Egyptian Army style
The recipient held regimental number 1866 while serving with the 11th Sudanese Infantry, a regiment of the Egyptian Army
Contemporary accounts consider the 11th Sudanese Infantry to have been the finest regiment of the Egy... read more
India General Service 1895-1902. Victoria silver issue with clasp 'Relief of Chitral 1895' (1279 Sepoy Baryam Singh 4th Sikh Infy.)
The recipient was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith, holding the rank of Sepoy while serving with the 4th Sikh Infantry (Punjab Frontier Force)
4th Sikhs at the storming of the Malakand Pass on 3rd April 1895: In this action during the 'Relief of Chitral', the 4th Sikhs being in the thick of the fighting against an enemy force of Pathan tribesmen that was estimated to number 1... read more
India General Service Medal 1895-1902. Edward VII obverse. Silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1901-02' (2461 Duffr Kale Singh 5th Punjab Cavy)
The recipient was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith holding the rank of Duffadar (Sergeant) with the 5th Punjab Cavalry Regiment of the British Indian Army
Per the official despatch of Major-General C. C. Egerton dated Abbottabad, 15 March 1902, it is recorded that the 5th Punjab Cavalry were deployed from the very start of the operations during the Waziristan Campaign of 1901... read more
165.00 GBP
India General Service Medal 1895-1902. Silver. Victorian issue with 2 x clasps 'Punjab Frontier 1897-98' & 'Tirah 1897-98' (3556. Pte R. Thorne. 1st Bn Som: Lt Infy:)
Rare to regiment clasp: The 'Tirah 1897-98' clasp is extremely rare to the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry - and only an estimated 17 x 'Tirah 1897-98' clasps issued to men of the battalion who served on attachment / secondment away from their parent battalion during the Tirah, North West Frontier campaigns of 1897-1898
Medal & Clasps Verification: This medal and 2 x clasps... read more
325.00 GBP