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Auction: 22075 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 44

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Wm Peachey, 6th Dragn Gds), riband mounted with ornate silver buckle, likely on original riband, good fine

William Peachey, regimental number 546, in confirmed on the Medal Roll for the Indian Mutiny medal without clasp, an additional annotation stating: "Meerut Campaign under Brigr Seaton; Kuknowlie; Bareilly".

The 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers) were involved in the Sepoy Mutiny at the Meerut Garrison on the evening of Sunday 10 May 1857, known for being the first effective rising of East India Company troops against the British; they served throughout the whole campaign and returned to Britain in 1861.

Purchased on the London Road, Brighton, January 1947, for 6/-.

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£480