Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (J. Rushton,) very fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Indian Mutiny Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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John Rushton, an Electric Telegraph Assistant, served with the Agra Militia Infantry during the Great Sepoy Mutiny and was noted to have ‘performed his duties most zealously at a most critical time in the absence of all superiors, opened an office at Allygurh a few hours after the destruction of the whole of the lines in the North-West Provinces, and after seeing to the despatch of the instruments and stores to the fort, joined the militia, for which he has received an excellent testimonial.’