Pair: Colonel L. L. Brett, 2nd West India Regiment

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Capt. L. L. Brett, 2nd W.I. Regt., 1873-4); Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (Lionel L. Brett, 14 Augt. 1867), edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise generally very fine or better (2) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Kieran Collection.

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Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and O.C. 2nd W.I.R. in October 1877, Brett became a Colonel in the Army in October 1881, and went on half-pay in October 1882. He was appointed to the command of the 62nd Regimental District at Devizes, Wiltshire, in April 1883, again went on half-pay in April 1888, and was finally placed on the Retired List in July 1892.