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Auction: 24001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 347

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

The mounted C.I.E. group of seven miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel A. D. Stewart, Indian Medical Service, a gallant Scot who served on Gallipoli with the 2/10th (Princess Mary's Own) Gurkha Rifles and left an unpublished account of the operations of late June 1915

Stewart went on to have a highly distinguished medical career in India, where he was joint-founder of the Indian National Science Academy, before returning home to take up the post as Superintendent of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary from 1935-48

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Badge, silver-gilt; The Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem, Badge, silver; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; ; Delhi Durbar 1911; Jubilee 1935, mounted as worn, good very fine (7)

For his full-size awards and a biographical note, please see Lot 148.

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Sold for
£190

Starting price
£130