Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1051. Pte. J. Weir. 2/9th. Foot.) minor edge bruise, polished, nearly very fine £80-£100

Joseph Weir was born in Donybrook, Dublin, in 1835 and attested for the 36th Regiment of Foot at Bristol on 11 October 1858. He transferred to the 9th Regiment of Foot on 1 August 1875, and served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Afghanistan during the Second Afghan War. He was discharged, medically unfit for further service, on 14 June 1881, after 19 years and 315 days’ service, of which nearly 13 years were spent soldiering in India.

Sold with copied record of service.