orders, decorations, campaign medals and militaria - Spink

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Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die
type, one clasp, Laswarree (J. Kernon, 8th. Lt.
Dragns.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, about
extremely fine
£2,200-2,500
Corporal Joseph Kernon, born Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland;
enlisted in the 14th Dragoons, May 1792; transferred to the
8th Light Dragoons, August 1794; served with the Regiment
in India during the Second Mahratta War, 1803-05, as part
of General Lake’s force, and took part in the decisive Battle
of Laswarree, 1.11.1803, when Lake defeated the Scindhia of
Gwalior’s army- the 8th Light Dragoons gallantly charged
three times through the enemy lines; casualties for the
Regiment were 2 Officers, including their Commanding
Officer, Colonel T.P. Vandeleur, and 16 men killed, and 2
Officers and 34 men wounded; wounded a year later at
Futtehgarh in the subsequent final operations of the War;
discharged, August 1805, on account of ‘having lost three
fingers of his left hand by a sabre wound’; died at Chelsea
Hospital, December 1851.
Approximately 8 Army of India Medals with the single clasp
Laswarree issued to Europeans.
PROVENANCE:
Lord Dillon Collection 1892
Christie, July 1987.
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Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die
type, one clasp, Nagpore (Cornet B. Roxburgh, 6th.
L. Cav.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, lacquered,
good very fine
£1,800-2,200
Captain Bruce Roxburgh, born Calcutta, December 1797,
the son of Dr. William Roxburgh, Superintendent, Calcutta
Botanical Gardens; educated at Charterhouse and
Addiscombe; Commissioned Cornet, October 1816, and
posted to the 6th Light Cavalry; served with the Regiment in
India during the Pindari and Third Mahratta War, 1817-19,
as part of General Doveton’s force, and took part in the
advance and action at Nagpore, 16.12.1817, when Doveton
drove out the Bhonsla of Berar’s force; promoted Lieutenant,
September 1818; appointed Acting Instructor and
Quartermaster, 6th Light Cavalry, November 1824;
promoted Captain, December 1829; retired, September
1832, after 17 years with the Colours; died Torquay, Devon,
June 1861.
Approximately 13 Army of India Medals with this clasp to
European cavalrymen
PROVENANCE:
Spink, June 1987