A Defence of Lucknow casualty pair awarded to Private J. Hunter, 1st Madras Fusiliers

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (John Hunter, 1st Madras Fusrs.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (J. Hunter, 1st Madras Fusrs.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400

Dix Noonan Webb, February 1998.

John Hunter served during the Indian Mutiny as part of General Havelock’s Column, and was severely wounded in the right arm at Lucknow on 25 September 1857, on which day, during bitter fighting and heavy casualties, Havelock’s Column relieved the Residency at Lucknow, only to find themselves also besieged there until the final capture of the city by Lord Clyde’s Force the following March.

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