Auction Catalogue

28 July 1993

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 34

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28 July 1993

Hammer Price:
£340

PUNJAB 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Captn. E. Sissmore, 69th Bengal N.I.) very fine and better

Captain, later Colonel, Edmund Sissmore, entered the Bengal Army as an Ensign, 12th N.I. in 1834. He was posted to the 69th N.I. and served with them in the second Sikh Wars being present at the actions of Chilianwala and Goojerat. He retired in 1861 and died at his residence at St. Helier, Jersey, on 19 June, 1870.