Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (1819 Lce. Corpl. J. Moth. 1st. Bn. E. Kent R.) extremely fine, rare to unit £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to The Buffs, the East Kent Regiment.

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One of 10 ‘N.E. Frontier 1891’ clasps awarded to the East Kent Regiment.

John Moth was born at Sandhurst, Berkshire, in 1867 and attested for the East Kent Regiment at Reading on 4 June 1885. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 29 May 1886 and served with the 1st Battalion in India from 22 February 1897 to 25 January 1893, being present during the operations on the North East Frontier from 15 April to 3 May 1891. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 27 January 1893, and was discharged on 3 June 1897, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.