Three: Sergeant J. Dunn, Devonshire Regiment

India General Service 1895, 1 clasp Relief of Chitral 1895 (1478 Sergt. J. Dunn. Devon: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Belfast (1478 Pte. J. Dunn. Devon: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1478 Pte. J. Dunn. Devon: Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, polished, nearly very fine, the first rare to unit (3) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Approximately 25 Relief of Chitral 1895 clasps awarded to the Devonshire Regiment.

John Dunn attested for the Devonshire Regiment c.1886. Attached to the Indian Medical Department during the Relief of Chitral operations, he subsequently served with both the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War, returning to England on 12 July 1902.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts.