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Auction: 4014 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 167

Pair: Lieutenant Colonel F. Tweedale, 8th Regiment Light Cavalry Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. F. Tweedale. 8th Cavy.) officially engraved; Punniar Star 1843 (Captain F. Tweedale 8th Regiment Light Cavalry), with original hook suspension, the pair nearly extremely fine (2) Estimate £ 1,400-1,600 Lieutenant Colonel Farquharson Tweedale (1802-1873), Cadet, 1819; Cornet, 8th Regiment Light Cavalry, 1820; Lieutenant, 1824; Acting Adjutant at Lahargaon 1825; served in the siege and capture of Bhurtpoor and was present at the Insurrection at Bundelkhand, 1842-43; advanced to Major, 1848; retired, 1850; Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, 1854.

Sold for
£1,600