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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 105

Ghuznee 1839, a Fine Quality Officer´s Indulgence (Lieut. T.O. Ruttledge 17th. Regt.), reverse engraved in small serif capitals, with knurled obverse and reverse rims and straight bar suspension, nearly extremely fine, this type rarely seen

Major Thomas Ormsby Ruttledge, Commissioned Ensign, 17th Foot, April 1836; promoted Lieutenant, April 1838; served in the campaign in Afghanistan in 1839; present at the Capture of Ghuznee, 23.7.1839, and at the Capture of Kelat, 13.11.1839; promoted Captain, September 1845; Major, December 1854; served as Second in Command of the Leicestershire Regiment in the Crimea, present at the siege of Sebastopol, December 1854 to July 1855, including the first attack on the Grand Redan, 18.6.1855, and awarded the Turkish Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class.

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