Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Cabul 1842 (Carsan Alexander Lieutt. 60th. Regt. B.N.I. 5th. April 1842) contemporary engraved naming in serif capitals, fitted with replacement small ring and swivelling straight bar suspension, better than very fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals - The Property of a Gentleman.

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Carsan Alexander was born on 4 December 1819, the fourth son of oculist Henry Alexander of Cork-street, Burlington Gardens, London. Baptised at the Church of St. James, Westminster, on 8 February 1820, he was privately educated by Dr. Granet of Chelsea and Mr. Amble of Shooters Hill. Appointed Ensign in the Army of the East India Company 31 December 1836, he was raised Lieutenant in the 60th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, in 1838, and served during the First Anglo-Afghan War in operations against Dost Mohammad Khan. He is later recorded in the Monthly Times of 24 May 1848 as having died on passage to England, whilst aboard the sailing vessel Ellenborough.