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Sold on 24 October 2014

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The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood

Frederick W Rockwood

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№ 65

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24 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£2,600

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (W. Connor, Eur. Regt.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, a few edge bruises, otherwise better than very fine and very scarce £3000-3500










Ex Whitaker Collection and D.N.W., April 2003.

Approximately 88 clasps issued for Kirkee & Poona, including 40 to the 103rd Bombay European Regiment, later 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. A renamed medal to this recipient was noted on the London market in 1968; the medal offered above is in every respect genuine.