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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 175

Punjab 1848-49, one clasp, Mooltan (H. Payne, A.B. Ind. Flot.), minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine, rare

Henry Payne, a native of Cambridgeshire; joined the East India Company´s Bombay Marine, aged 15, February 1842; initially served as a Marine Boy in the Queen, before advancing to Ordinary Seaman, 1847; served in the Steam Tender Napier, Indus Flotilla during the Second Sikh War; he received 41 Rupees (£3-18-7) in prize money for Mooltan; subsequent service included in the Hastings, before being discharged, April 1849.

Provenance:
Spink, June 1993

Sold for
£1,300