Lot Archive

Lot

№ 440

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: 2nd Lieutenant A. J. K. Geere, 2/27 Punjabis

British War Medal 1914-20
(2 Lieut.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (2/Lt., 2/27 Pjbs.), small erasure / edge bruise at 9 o’clock on the last, otherwise good very fine (2) £100-120

Alfred John Kelsall Geere was first commissioned on the Unattached List (I.A.) in August 1918, but joined the 67th Punjabis in the following month. As per his India General Service 1908-35 Medal, however, he obviously transferred to the 2/27th Punjabis shortly thereafter.