Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 260
Pair: Private J. Bates, 16th Lancers
Ghuznee 1839 (Private John Bates H.M.s 16th. Lancers.), reverse centre engraved; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private John Bates H.M. 16th Lancers), with contemporary silver straight bar suspension, minor edge bruising to Ghuznee, therefore good very fine (2)
John Bates subsequently transferred to the 3rd Light Dragoons and saw action in the First Sikh War and the Punjab Campaign.
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