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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 125

Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Ali Musjid, Kabul (1281 Pte. J.J. Wright. 1/17th. Regt.), contact marks and light pitting, nearly very fine

1281 Private James John Wright, born Deptford, London, 1850; enlisted in the 17th Foot, April 1868; served with the Regiment in Afghanistan, November 1878 to March 1880, and in Egypt, August to October 1882 (entitled to Egypt Medal with clasp Tel-el-Kebir and Khedive's Star); awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, November 1886; discharged, September 1888, after 20 years and 157 days with the Colours.

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