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№ 342

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£260

Pair: Private A. Neal, 7th Hussars

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (215 Pte. A. Neal 7th. Hussars) re-engraved naming; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (215 Pte. A. Neal. 7th. Hussars.) edge nicks, very fine and better (2) £300-£400

Arthur Neal served with the 7th Hussars in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny (103 ‘no clasp’ medals awarded to the 7th Hussars) and in the expedition led by Brevet Colonel A. F. Macdonell against Sultan Muhammad Khan, who had attacked the fort of Shabkadar with a force of Mohmans and Bajauris, December 1863 to January 1864 (155 ‘North West Frontier’ clasps awarded to the 7th Hussars).