Pair: Surgeon Richard Phillipson, 16th Native Infantry

Ghuznee 1839 (R. Phillipson Surgeon 16th Regt. N.I.) naming engraved on edge, fitted with replacement scroll suspension and floreate ribbon buckle; Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (R. Phillipson Surgeon. 16th Regt. N.I.) naming engraved in upright capitals, fitted with replacement scroll suspension and floreate ribbon buckle, very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals - The Property of a Gentleman.

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Richard Phillipson was born in September 1804 and was made M.R.C.S. in 1826. He served as Surgeon’s Mate aboard the Minerva during 1829-30. He was made Assistant Surgeon on 7 May 1831; Surgeon on 15 January 1848; retired on 10 April 1855, and returned to his native Edinburgh. He is recorded as seeing service in ‘Afghanistan 1839-42. Capture of Ghuznee: (Prize Rolls): Medal’.