Special Collections

Sold on 4 July 2001

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The Collection of Medals to Artillery Units formed by Lt-Col. A.M. Macfarlane

Lt-Col. A.M. Macfarlane, RA (Retd)

Lot

№ 238

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Gunner Noor Alam, Indian Artillery

India General Service 1854-95, 5 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, N.E. Frontier 1891, Lushai 1889-92, Waziristan 1894-95 (32 Gunr. Noor Alam Khan, No. 2 (Bengal) Mn. By.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Subdr. Nur Alam, 28th Mtn. By.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed, suspension claw re-soldered on first, otherwise about very fine (3) £180-220

Nur Alam enlisted in 1886 and rose to become Subadar-Major. On retirement in 1917, he was appointed Honorary Captain, having been awarded the Order of British India, 1st Class in 1915. According to Indian Army Lists, he also had the medal for Punjab Frontier 1897-98 & Malakand 1897, and the 1914-15 Star Trio for service in East Africa with 28 Mountain Battery in 1914. Sold with service details.

Entitled to IGS 1895 with clasps for Punjab Frontier 1897-98 and Malakand 1897, not Tirah 1897-98