11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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An India General Service Medal, 1854, with two clasps BURMA 1887-89 and BURMA 1885-87, awarded to 339 Pte.E.(Edward) Makin 1st Bn. York.L.I., together with research material including copies of his Short Service Attestation, Statement of Services, Military History Sheet, Medical History, Medal roll etc.
Footnote :-Edward Makin was born in Sheffield.1861. He Attested with theYorkshire Regiment on the 29th of September 1882 stating that he was 21 years old and a File Cutter by trade. He stated that he was presently serving in the 3rd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. He served Home 29th of September 1882 to 18th of September 1883, India 19th of September 1883 to the 19th of December 1887, Home 20th of December 1887,and was discharged on the 28th of September 1894 after serving 12 years with the Colours.
Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £350
Dings to edge. Clasps mounted upside down.
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 11th Dec, 2024
The sale will include a large selection of Victorian, First and Second World War and Post-War medals and Civil awards, and a variety of cap and other badges, cloth insignia and helmet plates.
A good private collection offers Victorian and Edwardian military headgear and a number of scarlet tunics to local regiments including the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) and the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Edged weapons include a private collection of British Cavalry swords, alongside bayonets and fighting knives; and from a further private vendor is a good collection of antique firearms, pistols and revolvers.
The ethnographic section of the sale will see notable tribal weapons from Fiji and Australia.
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