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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 148

Pair: Sergeant Major W. Wenn, 2nd Foot Ghuznee 1839 (Willm. Wenn. Serjt. Major. 2nd. or Queen´s Royals.), reverse engraved in running script, with contemporary silver ring and straight bar suspension; Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R., first ´1847´ type (Serjt. Maj: William Wenn 2nd. Regt. 1847) central suspension post replaced, edge bruising, otherwise about very fine (2) Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Sergeant Major William Wenn, born Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, 1807; enlisted in the 2nd Foot, May 1825; Promoted Corporal, December 1833; Sergeant, October 1836; Sergeant Major, July 1845; Discharged August 1846 after 21 years and 80 days with the colours, of which 19 years and 8 months were spent in India. Only 110 ´1847´ M.S.M.s awarded in total. Provenance: Ghuznee: Glendinings, June 1993. M.S.M.: Bonham´s, July 2003.

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