Auction Catalogue

4 July 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Miniature Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 129

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£220

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Gunner J. Newsham, Artillery) edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £80-100

John Newsham was born at Lancaster in 1834, and enlisted at Manchester in August 1854. He served in Persia with 3 Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery, and also in Central India during the Indian Mutiny.