Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Gunner M. Mc.Sweeney, 3/1 Ben. H.A.) a post-1873 issue, edge nicks, good very fine £240-£280

Provenance: Lee Bishop Collection, Spink, July 2009.

Morgan McSweeney was born in Kenmore, Co. Kerry, Ireland, and enlisted in the Bengal Army in 1833. He served during the First Sikh War, and was discharged on 24 February 1853.