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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 345

Pair: Private John Palmer, 2nd Foot Ghuznee 1839 (John Palmer), reverse engraved in small serif capitals, planchet detached from original suspension; 2nd Foot Meritorious Service Cross for 6 Years´ Service, VI incised on obverse, reverse engraved ´Queen´s Royal John Palmer For Meritorious Service Six Years´, good fine (2) Estimate £ 500-550 333 Private John Palmer, born King´s County, Ireland, 1805; enlisted in the 2nd Foot, March 1824; promoted Corporal, July 1825; reduced to Private, June 1826; discharged as unfit for military service, January 1845, after 20 years and 315 days with the colours, of which 19 years and seven months were spent in India and Afghanistan. Provenance: Sotheby´s, June 1984.

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