Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (J. Sparks, 1st. Batn. 5th. Fusrs.); together with a Northumberland Fusiliers Reward of Merit Medal, bronze, unnamed, suspensions re-affixed, both with traces of having been held in swivel mounts, therefore nearly very fine (2) £240-£280

James Sparks served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers) in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was slightly wounded in the face at Oomreah on 2 December 1857.

The Northumberland Fusiliers Reward of Merit Medal was instituted on 10 March 1767, and received official recognition in 1832. It was discontinued in 1856, following the institution of the Distinguished Conduct Medal.