Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Sepoy Seetul 34th. Regt. Native Infy.) officially engraved naming, nearly extremely fine, scarce to unit £240-£280

Dix Noonan Webb, December 2005.

The 34th Native Infantry was the first native regiment to mutiny when, at Barrackpore on 29 March 1857 Sepoy Mangal Pandey, of No. 5 Company, 34th N.I., attacked and seriously injured his Adjutant, Lieutenant Henry Baugh, on the parade ground. Hanged on 8 April 1857, the 34th Native infantry was disbanded with disgrace on 6 May 1857; whilst the Hindu sepoys were paid off and sent back to their homes, the Sikh and Moslem sepoys of the Regiment were deemed to be trustworthy and were permitted to transfer to the 70th Native Infantry; given his name, it is likely that Seetul was a Sikh.

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