Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (2060. Pte. H. Summersby. 80th. Foot.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £180-£220

Henry Summersby was born in Walton, Surrey, and attested for the 80th Foot at Westminster on 21 May 1872. He served with the 8th Foot in India, and also in South Africa during the Zulu War (entitled to a South Africa 1877-79 Medal with clasp 1878), before transferring to the Reserve on 10 October 1879.

Note: The recipient’s South Africa Medal is in the South Staffordshire Regimental Museum.