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№ 526

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17 January 2024

Hammer Price:
£140

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1856. Pte. W. Marshall. 92nd Highrs.) nearly very fine £100-£140

William Marshall was born in the Parish of Kirkaldy, Fife, and attested for the 42nd Regiment at Edinburgh on 21 January 1859, aged 23, a blacksmith by trade. He transferred to the 92nd Regiment on 1 November 1867, re-engaged on 23 April 1868, and was discharged on 29 June 1880. He served 20 years 9 months in the East Indies and Afghanistan for which he received the Afghan war medal and also the L.S. & G.C. medal.

Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extract.