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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 598

(x) Pair: Assistant Surgeon G. Harper, 13th Bengal Native Infantry

Cabul 1842 (George Harper. Asst. Surgeon. 64th B.N.I.), naming engraved in serif capitals, fitted with original steel clip and straight bar suspension; Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (Asst. Surgn. G. Harper, 13th Bengal N.I.), good very fine (2)

Provenance:
A. A. Payne Collection, 1911.

George Harper was born in June 1810. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 23 July 1839, he served with Brigadier Wilde's Brigade at the forcing of the Khyber Pass during the Afghan War of 1841-42, also taking part in General Pollock's advance on Kabul. During the Second Sikh War he was present at the Battle of Goojerat (clasp) on 21 February 1849. Promoted to Surgeon on 25 August 1853, he was assigned to the 36th Bengal Native Infantry. On 17 February 1859 he transferred to the Staff of the Bengal Artillery, rising to Surgeon-Major on 23 July that year. He retired from the Army on 1 August 1865; sold with copied service records.


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Sold for
£1,000