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November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN<br />

206<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, one clasp, Maheidpoor (J. H<strong>and</strong>y, 22nd. Lt.<br />

Dragns.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, extremely<br />

fine<br />

£1,600-1,800<br />

Trooper John H<strong>and</strong>y, born Hanley, Worcestershire, 1796;<br />

enlisted in the 22nd Light Dragoons, May 1813; served with<br />

the Regiment in India during the Pindari <strong>and</strong> Third Mahratta<br />

War, 1817-19, with Captain William Blundell’s Troop as part<br />

of General Hislop’s force, <strong>and</strong> took part in the Battle of<br />

Maheidpoor, 21.12.1817, when Hislop defeated the Holkar<br />

of Indore’s numerically superior army; discharged, July 1819<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, March 1893<br />

Needes Collection, 1939<br />

Ritchie Collection, 2005<br />

206 207<br />

137<br />

207<br />

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die<br />

type, one clasp, Ava (Asst. Surg. W. Stevenson. 2nd.<br />

Locl. Hse.), officially engraved in serif capitals, India,<br />

traces of lacquer, light contact marks, therefore very fine<br />

£1,200-1,400

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