Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Engineer Robert McKenzie, Indian Marine

Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (1st Class Engr. R. McKenzie, Ind. Flot.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Robt. McKenzie. 1st Cl. Enginr. “Medusa”) contact marks, otherwise dark toned, nearly very fine and rare (2) £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Ron Wright.

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41 clasps issued to Europeans and 43 clasps issued to native crewmen of the Indian Marine Ship Medusa for Pegu.

Robert McKenzie entered the Indian navy as an Engineer on 29 November 1842, the date of his arrival in India by the ship Malabar. He is confirmed on the roll for the Punjab Medal without clasp as 1st Class Engineer aboard the steam vessel Comet, and in the same rank aboard the Medusa at Pegu.