India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (3978. J Rumbell 71st. Highlanders) a slightly later issue impressed in large capitals, good very fine £160-£200

Sold with typed transcript of the recipient’s service taken from the Regimental muster lists, which show that James Rumbell (also recorded as Rumble) attested for the 71st Highlanders from the Dorset Militia on 19 March 1855; spent various periods of his military service confined to the cells, and was discharged on 6 July 1865.