Pair: Drummer M. A. True, 92nd Highlanders

Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1726. Drumr. M. A. True. 92nd. Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1726 Drummer M. A. True 92nd. Highlanders) light pitting from Star, very fine (2) £600-£800

Mark Andrew True attested for the 92nd Highlanders and served as a Drummer with ‘C’ Company during the Second Afghan War.

Sold with copies of two letters written by True with sketches of the camp at Ali Kheyl, dated 6 May 1879, showing the recipient sitting outside his tent having an evening smoke; and a view of the Sutter Gurdan pass as seen through a telescope from the 92nd Highlanders camp, dated 2 July 1879. In the latter letter the recipient writes: ‘Well the Regiment is doing very well up here at present but we are getting very sick of tent life... We have done very little fighting recently, but we have had some very hard work and the Regiment is the nearest to Kabul.’

Note: The originals of both letters are held by the Gordon Highlanders Museum.