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Auction: 5012 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 305

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Lt. J.L. Benwell, 33rd Madras N, I,), extremely fine Estimate £ 280-320Lieutenant Colonel James Limond Benwell; Ensign 33rd Madras Native Infantry, 1849; Lieutenant 1853; employed on field service with the Kamptee movable column in the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories and Raipore district 17.7. - 27.9.1857; present in the engagement with the mutineers of 52nd Bengal Native Infantry and rebels near Kuttengee 27.9.1857 and Khonee Pass 27.12.1857; advanced Lieutenant Colonel Madras Staff Corps (Wing Commander 3rd (Palamcottah) Light Infantry on Furlough), 1875.

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£500