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Auction: 5019 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 131

A First Sikh War C.B. Pair to General C.D. Wilkinson, Bengal Infantry, Commander of the 63rd Native Infantry at Ferozeshuhur, and the 6th Infantry Brigade at the Battle of Sobraon The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) breast Badge, gold and enamel, an unmarked, unofficial badge of good quality, with wide gold swivel ring suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, one clasp, Sobraon (Lieut. Col: C:D: Wilkinson 63rd. Regt. N:I:), with top silver riband buckle, nearly extremely fine (2) Estimate £ 1,800-2,200C.B. London Gazette 27.6.1846. General Christopher Dixon Wilkinson, C.B. (1794-1879), born Bedfordshire; joined Bengal Infantry 27.8.1811; Lieutenant 1.3.1816; Captain 14.6.1825; Major 26.6.1833; Lieutenant-Colonel 26.3.1840; commanded the 63rd Native Infantry at the Battle of Ferozeshuhur, and the 6th Infantry Brigade at the Battle of Sobraon, in the Sutlej campaign 1845-46; Colonel 28.9.1850; Major General 28.11.1854; Lieutenant General 12.3.1865; General 25.6.1870.

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