Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Colonel A. R. Hoskins, Bombay Artillery

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Lieut. A. R. Hoskins. Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. A. R. Hoskins, 3rd Tp. H. Bde. Bombay Arty.) each fitted with contemporary silver ribbon brooch buckle, contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (2) £800-£1,000

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady.

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Arthur Reginald Hoskins was born on 28 January 1832, and attended Addiscombe 1849-52; 2nd Lieutenant, 13 June 1851; Lieutenant, 28 April 1856 (ante-dated to 12 December 1851); 2nd Captain, 30 March 1860; 1st Captain, 16 March 1866; Major, 5 July 1872; Lieutenant-Colonel, 27 February 1877.
Served in Persia 1856-57, Reshire, Bushire, Khooshab, and Mohumra (Medal with Clasp); Mutiny 1857-59, Kotah, recapture of Chandaree, Kotah-ke-Serai, Gwalior, Powree, and actions of Beejapore, Sindwala, Kurai, and pursuit at Koondrai (Medal with Clasp). Retired with honorary rank of Colonel on 28 February 1877, and died on 16 March 1902, at King Ina’s Palace, South Petherton, Somerset.