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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 154

Pair: Major James Toal, 2nd Foot China 1857-60, two clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Serjt. Jas. Toal, 1st. Bn. 2nd. Regt.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (2818. Sergt. Mjr. Jas. Toal, 1st. Bn. 2nd. Foot.), contact marks to first, otherwise very fine (2) Estimate £ 340-380 Major James Toal, born June 1834; enlisted in the 2nd Foot, June 1852; served in the Second China War 1860; Promoted Sergeant-Major and Quartermaster, 1st Battalion, August 1873; transferred 3rd Battalion, April 1882; retired Honorary Major, August 1883. Provenance: Ex-Captain Hurley Collection, 1950 Baldwins, July 1975.

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£360