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Auction: 12004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 1

The Indian Mutiny V.C. to Sergeant Major, Later Lieutenant, P. Gill, Loodiana Regiment, for Saving the Life of an Officer and His Family at Benares, 4.6.1857, and Seeing Off 27 Mutinous Sepoys With Only His Sergeant´s Sword- The First Victoria Cross Awarded to an N.C.O. of the Indian Army
Victoria Cross, reverse of suspension bar engraved ´Serjt Major Peter Gill Loodiana Regt´, reverse of Cross engraved ´4 June 1857´, nearly extremely fine

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