Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1775 Pte. J. Collins. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.) minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

James Collins was born at Skibbereen, Co. Cork, and having attested for the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade served on the punitive expedition sent out after a small uprising and attack on the fort at Shabkaader on the North West Frontier between December 1863 and January 1864.