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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 435

(x) United States of America, Military Order of the Dragon, China 1900 (Lieut. Sidney Morton 24th. Punjab Infantry No.180.), with original riband and top bronze ´pagoda´ suspension brooch, nearly extremely fine

Captain Sidney Morton, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, January 1896; served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India with the Malakand Field Force under Sir William Lockhart as Provost Marshal, 1st Brigade, 1897-98, and took part in the defence of Malakand and the engagement at Landakai; later served with the Buner Field Force in the same role (Medal with two clasps); promoted Lieutenant, April 1898; posted to the 24th Punjabis, and served with them during the China Campaign, 1900; promoted Captain, 22.1.1905.

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£2,000