Lot Archive

Lot

№ 70

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£480

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (J. B. Crowther, 1st Officer “Hugh Lindsay”) very fine and very rare £200-250

Douglas-Morris states that the steam vessel Hugh Lindsay and the iron vessel Medusa, both Indian Marine ships, between them received 41 medals for Pegu to European recipients and 43 to natives. Neither ship was represented in his collection for this campaign.