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Auction archive: Lot number 14

MAHARAJPOOR STAR, 1843, with contemporary replacement ring suspension and typical …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£450 - £500
ca. US$757 - US$842
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$842
Auction archive: Lot number 14

MAHARAJPOOR STAR, 1843, with contemporary replacement ring suspension and typical …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£450 - £500
ca. US$757 - US$842
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$842
Beschreibung:

MAHARAJPOOR STAR, 1843, with contemporary replacement ring suspension and typical reverse steel fitting for wear (Private Thomas Branson, H.M. 39th. Regt.); officially engraved in a tidy running script. Toned, bold very fine. ex DNW auction, 16 December 2003, lot 25 This medal, and its related award, the Punniar Star, were made from the bronze taken from captured guns won by the British and Indian troops under General Sir Hugh Gough and Major General Grey. The campaign of 1843 in the state of Gwalior came about after the death of the Maharajah in February 1843, and the local unrest which followed. The campaign reached its zenith 29 December, where the battles of Maharajpoor and Punniar were fought on the same day - with the British and Indian Allied forces the victors at both. Sold with copy of original roll mention, and some useful research.

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

MAHARAJPOOR STAR, 1843, with contemporary replacement ring suspension and typical reverse steel fitting for wear (Private Thomas Branson, H.M. 39th. Regt.); officially engraved in a tidy running script. Toned, bold very fine. ex DNW auction, 16 December 2003, lot 25 This medal, and its related award, the Punniar Star, were made from the bronze taken from captured guns won by the British and Indian troops under General Sir Hugh Gough and Major General Grey. The campaign of 1843 in the state of Gwalior came about after the death of the Maharajah in February 1843, and the local unrest which followed. The campaign reached its zenith 29 December, where the battles of Maharajpoor and Punniar were fought on the same day - with the British and Indian Allied forces the victors at both. Sold with copy of original roll mention, and some useful research.

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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