Lot Archive

Lot

№ 149

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£260

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (27B/522 Pte. M. Gavin, 1/17th Regt.) edge rubbed and bruised, polished, otherwise very fine £180-220

Michael Gavin was slightly wounded in the hand at Fatehabad on 2 April 1879. Subsequently embarked for England, he was transferred to the Army Reserve in April 1881.