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Auction: 8029 - Soldiers' Rates of the BE - Gerald Sattin Collection
Lot: 108

Afghanistan 1st. Afghan War, 1838-42 1839 (17 Sept.) entire letter"From Corpl. W.L. Vry H.M. 16th. Lancers" at Camp Kabul to England, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and showing a superb strike of the unframed "india soldiers/3/london" circular h.s. (In. Sol. 6), the reverse with framed Calcutta Ship Letter d.s. (17.10). Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 Note: H.M. 16th. Lancers formed part of Cavalry Brigade, Bengal Division, Army of the Indus. . The regiment joined the Division on 28 November 1838 before the Army started to advance on Kabul. The city was entered on 7 August

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