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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 549

x Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (P. Rafter, 78th. Highlanders), good very fine Estimate £ 450-500 2789 Private Patrick Rafter, born Ballmin, Co. Mayo, 1826; enlisted in the 78th Highlanders, April 1845; served with the Persian Campaign 1857, and during the Indian Mutiny; wounded in the left foot by a ground shot at the Alum Bagh, Lucknow, 24.9.1857; discharged, April 1868, after 15 years and 347 days with the Colours, having served in India for 13 years and nine months.

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