Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Pair: Private J. Freeman, 9th Lancers

Punniar Star 1843 (Private, H.M. 9th or Queen’s Royal Lancers), with silver riveted backstrap / buckle suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (9th Lancers), the first with contact wear, otherwise very fine, the second with edge bruising and severe contact wear, fair to fine (2) £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

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James Freeman, who was born at Maidstone, Kent, originally enlisted in the 11th Light Dragoons as a boy soldier in September 1826. He subsequently served over 20 years as an “India hand”, transferring to the 9th Lancers in April 1842, with whom he was present at the battle of Punniar in the Gwalior Campaign, Sobraon in the First Sikh War, and at the crossing of the Chenab and the battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat in the Punjab 1848-49. He was finally discharged as a result of chronic rheumatism in October 1854.