Single Campaign Medals 353 354 355 356 357 358
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Siegnobose 286) unofficially impressed naming, nearly very fine
£140-£180 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (519, J Heatherington HMs. 101st. Regt.) good very fine £180-£220
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (367 Corpl. H. Jones 2d. Bn. R. Sco. Fus.) suspension claw loose, very fine
£100-£140
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (2610 Sergt. W. Brown. 2d. Bn. Hamps. R.) partially officially corrected, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine
£70-£90
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (2108 Lce. Cpl. W. Payne 2nd. Bn. Norf. R.) ‘R’ of unit officially corrected, suspension slack, good very fine
£100-£140
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (342 Pte. P. Kerrigan 2d. Bn. North’d Fus.) latter part of unit officially corrected as usual, nearly extremely fine
£120-£160
Note: Virtually all India General Service Medals with clasp Hazara 1888 awarded to members of the Northumberland Fusiliers have the ‘Fus’ part of the unit officially corrected- presumably the medals were all originally named ‘North’d R.’ prior to this error being spotted.
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A rare Hunza 1891 casualty to Driver Umar Singh, No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891 (133 Driver Umar Singh No. 4 (Hazara) Mt. By.) extremely fine £1,400-£1,800
Driver Umer Singh was mortally wounded and died the same day as a result of the action on 3 December 1891, when, having taken Nilt Fort by assault on the previous day, the column advanced rapidly in the hope that swift action would prevent the re-assembly of enemy tribesmen. But, overnight, the tribesmen had already re-occupied and strengthened their sangars and in the face of severe opposition, the advance had to be abandoned; for no less than 17 days, Durand’s column was forced to stay where it was at Nilt Fort before it could again (and in the end successfully) try to fight its way through. Hunza and Nagar were occupied in the 21st and 22nd December, which effectively ended the campaign.
Only one section of No. 4 Mountain Battery, comprising 2 Officers and 76 men, accompanied Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. A. Durand’s force to Hunza-Nagar in 1891. The sheer feat of getting the 7-pounder guns through the Karakorum mountains was an achievement in itself. Of the eight casualties on 3 December, five were in the 4th Mountain Battery - one officer wounded, one gunner killed, one gunner wounded and two drivers wounded (including Umar Singh mortally); three men of 1/5th Gurkhas were also wounded that day, two of them mortally.
Sold with copied London Gazette report on operations of the Hunza-Nagar Field Force with full casualty list. 360 361
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891 (66 Naick Bathoo 1st Kash: Infy. I.S.T.) suspension slack, otherwise nearly very fine
£500-£600
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Chin Hills 1892-93 (297 Sepoy Rattan Singh Ye-u Mily. Police) unofficial alterations to carriage sides to allow clasp attachment with crude retaining rods, nearly very fine and scarce
£300-£360 362 363
Confirmed on roll which states ‘Sent from Cawnpore to Allahabad, date not known.’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Wm. Thompson, A.B. Shannon.) toned, nearly extremely fine
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (J. Hamilton, 37th. Regt.) nearly extremely fine
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