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Auction: 5012 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 345

Pair: Colonel S.G. Huskisson, 80th Foot Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Ensign. S.G. Huskisson, 80th Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Bhootan, Perak (Lieut. & Adjt. S.G. Huskisson H.M.´s 80th Foot), initial ´G´ officially corrected on last medal, contact marks overall, very fine (2) Estimate £ 550-600Colonel Samuel George Huskisson; Ensign 80th Foot, 1855; served in the campaign in Oude (1857-58), including the capture of Simree Fort, Bera, Doondeakeira and Bussingpore; Lieutenant 1859; served as Adjutant of the Regiment with the left attack during the Bhootan Expedition (1865-66); Captain 1872; served as Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General with Major General Colborne´s force against the Malays in Perak (1875-76) and was present at the capture of Kinta (Mentioned in Despatches, Brevet of Major); Aide de Camp to Major General Colborne; transferred Major 56th Foot, 1879; served in the Zulu War (1879); Assistant Military Secretary for China and Hong Kong, 1881; Lieutenant Colonel, Officer Commanding, 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 1884; retired Colonel 1888.

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£800