A Collection of Medals for the Second Afghan War 1878-80 190
The Regimentally unique Afghan pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. Mc L. Hutchison, 14th Foot
Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Capt. H. M. Hutchison. 1/14th Foot.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Captain. H. Mc L. Hutchison 14th Foot) both fitted with contemporary riband buckles, the first with small edge bruise and light pitting from star, otherwise better than very fine; the Star a unique award to the Regiment (2)
£1,400-£1,800
Henry McLeod Hutchison was born in Dublin on 1 March 1840, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchison of the 80th Foot. He was educated at Hythe with a 1st Class Certificate of Education and admitted to R.M.A. Sandhurst on 11 July 1854, aged 14 years 3 months. He was commissioned as Ensign into the 14th Foot and, in May 1859, was posted to the Ionian Islands. In February 1860, he was posted to the West Indies where he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Jamaica, a position he held from October 1862 to February 1863. Returning to the U.K. in May 1864, he was appointed in the following November as Adjutant of the 14th Foot, and held this appointment for the following nine years. He was posted to Malta in August 1867, and to India in October 1868.
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