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orders, decorations, campaign medals and militaria - Spink

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November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN<br />

229<br />

China 1842 (James Cock. Royal Marines.), minor<br />

edge bruising, good very fine<br />

£500-550<br />

James Cock, born Castle Cary, Somerset, 1822; enlisted in<br />

the Royal Marines, October 1840; killed, October 1853,<br />

when the main top mast of his ship H.M.S. Sybille<br />

accidentally fell on deck.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

<strong>Spink</strong> Numismatic Circular, January 1974<br />

229 230<br />

147<br />

230<br />

Scinde 1843, for Meeanee <strong>and</strong> Hyderabad (Lieut.<br />

C.P. Leeson.), engraved in serif capitals, nearly very<br />

fine, with contemporary silver clip <strong>and</strong> silver straight<br />

bar suspension<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Lieutenant Charles Ponsonby Leeson, born Dublin,<br />

January 1810; posted to the Bombay Native Infantry,<br />

December 1832; transferred to 25th Native Infantry, January<br />

1834; appointed Brigade-Major at Poona, December 1838;<br />

served as Baggage-Master during the Scinde Campaign,<br />

1843, <strong>and</strong> Mentioned in Major-General Napier’s Despatch,<br />

24.3.1843; posted to Native Veterans Battalion, April 1845;<br />

appointed Adjutant, Native Veterans Battalion, March 1851;<br />

Paymaster of Pensioners, Poona, September 1851; died at<br />

Poona, July 1852.<br />

231<br />

Scinde 1843, for Meeanee <strong>and</strong> Hyderabad (Ratr.<br />

Thaynor. (I) 22nd. Regt.), engraved in serif capitals,<br />

nearly fine, with original steel clip <strong>and</strong> bar suspension<br />

£300-400

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