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Auction: 9024 - The Property of a Gentleman Orders, Decorations and Campaign Medals
Lot: 71

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Allighur (Sepoy Gunness Singh, S.N.I.), officially impressed, India, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 1,400-1,600 Sepoy Gunness Singh served with the Sikh Native Infantry. One of only two medals with Allighur as a single clasp known to Indians (not awarded as a single clasp to Europeans). Provenance: Colonel Murray Collection, 1891 Sotheby, 1926 J.B. Hayward, June 1975

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£2,000