Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private James Farrow, 40th Regiment

Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Private James Faro, H.M. 40th Regt.) fitted with replacement clip and bar suspension; Punniar Star 1843 (Private James Farrow, H.M. 40th Regt.) fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension, the first pitted from star, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kuriheka Collection of British Medals.

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James Farrow was born in the Parish of Burnham, Essex, and enlisted into the 40th Regiment at Rochester for a bounty of £3 on 18 November 1833, aged 19 years. He served in the East Indies for 7 years, and in ‘Lower and Upper Sind, Baluchistan and Affghanistan’ for 3 years 10 months, and was discharged at Dublin on 6 November 1849, with a total service of nearly 16 years. He was ‘Granted a Medal inscribed “Candahar”, “Ghuznee”, “Cabul” 1842 for 2nd Affghan Campaign’, and was ‘Present at the Battle of Maharajpoor States of Scindeah 29th December 1843. Granted Bronze Star’. Sold with copy discharge papers.