Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private John Iles, 40th Regiment

Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Private John Isles H.M. 40th Regt.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private John Isles H.M. 40th Regt.) naming over-engraved to embolden original details, fitted with contemporary replacement ‘clasped hand’ suspension as found to this regiment, naming retouched on the second having become faint through wear, points of the star bruised, otherwise good fine or better (2) £400-£500

John Iles was born in Kirbymoorside, North Yorkshire, and enlisted on 16 June 1834. He served in India for most of his army career and was discharged in November 1846.