Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (John Buchanan, 8th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, some very light edge bruises, otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,200

Provenance: Pennington Collection 1887; Chadwick Collection 1912; Coutts Collection 1921; Phillips Collection 1925; Hamilton-Smith Collection 1927; Needes Collection 1939; Elson Collection 1963. An impeccable provenance to some of the finest collections ever assembled.

One officer and 8 other ranks of the 8th Light Dragoons received the single clasp ‘Nepaul’, whilst three other ranks received it together with ‘Capture of Deig’, and two other ranks received it together with ‘Laswarree’ and ‘Capture of Deig’.