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Auction: 12004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 4

An Outstanding North-West Frontier Operations C.B. Group of Eight to Brigadier-General H.A. Abbott, Indian Army, Six Times Mentioned in Despatches and Twice Severely Wounded During a Career Which Spanned 20 Years of Hard Campaigning with the 15th (Ludhiana) Sikhs: ´A Fine Hard-Fighting Soldier who was Never Daunted or Dismayed´, On One Occasion he Refused to be Evacuated After Being Shot ´Bang in His Face´ by a Blunderbuss
a) The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1896) and enamel, with integral silver-gilt riband buckle, minor enamel damage to central medallion
b) Delhi Durbar 1903, silver
c) Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (Capt. H.A. Abbott, 15th Ben. N.I.)
d) Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Capt. H.A. Abbott, 15th Regt. Bengal N.I.)
e) Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (Capt. H.A. Abbott, 15th Sikhs)
f) India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Samana 1891 (Major H.A. Abbott, 15th Bengal Infy.)
g) India General Service 1895-1902, three clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Ltt. Coll. H.A. Abbott, 15th Sikhs)
h) Khedive´s Star 1884-6, minor contact wear and edge bruising, nearly very fine or better, with various photographic images of the recipient (8)

Sold for
£7,500