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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 599

Three: Private E. Burchell, 31st Foot, late 40th Foot

Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private Edward Burchell, H.M. 40th Regt.), fitted with replacement riveted suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee, no clasp (-ard Burchill 31st -); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (1883 Ed. Burchell, 31st Regt.), engraved naming, suspension claw re-fitted, naming obscured through heavy wear, good fine (3)

Edward Burchell served with the 40th Regiment at Maharajpoor on 29 December 1843. Transferred to the 31st Regiment, he was wounded at Moodkee on 18 December 1845, the first major action of the Sutlej campaign.

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