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Auction: 24112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 49

India General Service 1854-95, 5 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, Naga-1879-80, Looshai (Sepoy Jungbeer Khuttree 44th Regt. N.I.), engraved naming in running script, contact marks, edge wear, otherwise very fine

Jungbeer Khuttree served with the 44th (Sylhet) Native Infantry, later the 1/8th Gurkha Rifles, for at least a decade, likely from the early 1870s through the early 1890s. Khuttree participated in the Luashi Expedition of 1871-2, where the 44th Native Infantry were part of the Cachar column under the command of Brigadier-General Sir George Bourchier. The Cachar column commenced on 15 December 1871 and went on to forcibly impose peace after destroying the major village of the warring tribes. They returned to Cachar on 10 March 1872, with Bourchier later commending the strength of his men during the campaign:

‘From the beginning of November, when the troops were first put in motion, to the present time, every man has been employed on hard work, cheerfully performed, often under most trying circumstances of heat and frost; always bivouacking on the mountain-side in rude huts of grass and leaves, officers and men sharing the same accommodation; marching day by day over precipitous mountains, rising at one time to 6,000 feet, having made a road fit for elephants a distance of 103 miles. The spirit of the troops never flagged, and when they met the enemy they drove them from their stockades and strongholds until finally, they were glad to sue for peace.’

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£800

Starting price
£140