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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 205

Three: Major C. H. Selwyn, Bengal Cavalry India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Capt. C. H. Selwyn, 11th Bl. Lancers); China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (Captn. C. H. Selwyn, 12th Bl. Cavy.); United States of America, Military Order of the Dragon, China 1900 (Charles Henry Selwyn. No. 1348), lacking Pagoda top suspension and ribbon, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) Estimate £ 1,400-1,800 Major Charles Henry Selwyn, born March 1863, Commissioned into the Connaught Rangers, August 1883; appointed to the Indian Army, December 1886 and saw service during the campaign in Burma 1886-87 (Medal with Clasp) Served with the 11th Bengal Lancers (Probyn´s Horse) at the Relief of Chitral in 1895, and with the 12th Bengal Cavalry at the Relief of Pekin in 1900 (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 14.5.1901, and awarded the Military Order of the Dragon); Major, August 1901.

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