Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Major G. F. Bryant, 29th Bombay Native Infantry

Abyssinia 1867 (Lieut. G. F. Bryant Commst. Dept. Bombay Army); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Major G. F. Briant, 29th Bo. N.I.) note spelling of surname; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, unnamed; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Major G. F. Bryant. 2nd Belooch: Regt.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, 4th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, with rosette on ribbon; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, nearly very fine and better (6) £1,200-£1,600

George Frederick Bryant entered the Bombay Army as a Second Lieutenant on 27 June 1859, and was promoted Lieutenant on 22 August 1861. He was appointed Supernumerary Sub-Assistant Commissary General on 7 October 1864. He served throughout the Abyssinian Campaign in the Commissariat and on special duty connected with the Transport Train (Medal). Promoted to Captain on 27 June 1871, Bryant served as a Wing Officer of the 29th Bombay Native Infantry, and was Wing Officer of the 29th N.I. upon promotion to Major in 1879. He served in the Afghan War of 1879-80, and took part in the advance on Khelat-i-Ghilzie; he also accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the march to Kandahar, as well as being present at the battle of Kandahar (Medal and Clasp, and Bronze Decoration). He served in the Egyptian War of 1882 as Wing Commander with the 2nd Baluch Battalion, 29th Bombay N.I. (Medal, 4th Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive’s Star).

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