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Auction: 6025 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 434

A Rare Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie medal to Gunner W. Hughes, Bengal Artillery Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Gunner William Hughes 4th Compy. 2nd Battn. Artillery.), officially engraved in running script, minor nicks, good very fine, and very rare, with steel clip and straight bar suspension Estimate £ 4,500-5,500A total of only 55 medals were awarded to European recipients, including one officer and 43 men from the 4th Company 2nd Battalion, Bengal Artillery. Provenance Major Charles Bellew Judge Collection, Sotheby May 1900 Lieutenant Colonel Gaskell Collection, Glendining May 1911 Arthur B. King Collection

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£4,400