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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 344

The Rare Ghuznee 1839 and Six Year Regimental ´M.S.M.´ Pair to Private T. Ingham, 2nd Foot, Severely Wounded at the Storming of Panella, 1844 Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, with original straight bar suspension, and silver riband bar, the reverse of which engraved ´T.I. 574´; 2nd Foot Meritorious Service Cross for 6 Years´ Service, VI incised on obverse, reverse engraved ´Queen´s Royal For Meritorious Service Six Years´, nearly very fine (2) Estimate £ 700-750 574 Private Thomas Ingham, born Wigan, Lancaster, 1807; enlisted in the 2nd Foot, May 1825; served in India and severely wounded in the foot by a gingal ball at the storming of Panella, 1.12.1844; discharged, March 1846, after 20 years and 301 days with the colours, of which 19 years and eight months were spent in India.

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£700