Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. A. J. Close, R.E., 4th Cy. Bo. S. & M.) nearly extremely fine £160-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

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Arthur John Close was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in July 1891, and was advanced to Lieutenant in July 1894, while out in India. Subsequently attached to the 4th Battalion, Bombay Sappers and Miners in the Punjab Frontier operations of 1897-98, he was advanced to Captain in July 1902, but resigned his commission sometime before the Great War.