Auction Catalogue

12 June 1991

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 39

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12 June 1991

Hammer Price:
£600

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (1932 Sepoy Attar Singh, 14th Bl. Infy.), traces of old lacquer, otherwise very fine and rare

A small detachment of the 14th Sikhs approximately 88 men, were present at the defence of the Chitral garrison. Sepoy Attar Singh received a severe gunshot wound on the 9th April 1895.