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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 230

Sutlej for Moodkee 1845-46, two clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal (Lieut. J: M: Earle 24th. Regt. N:I:), extremely fine, with top silver riband buckle, lacking pin, in a contemporary Elkington, London, fitted leather case Estimate £ 600-800 General John March Earle (1825-1914), born Bareilly, India, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel J.L. Earle, 9th Bengal Native Infantry, and educated at Addiscombe; Commissioned Ensign, December 1842; posted to 24th Bengal Native Infantry, December 1843; Lieutenant, December 1845; served during the First Sikh War and present at the actions at Moodkee, 18.12.1845; Ferozeshuhur, 21-22.12.1845; and Aliwal, 28.1.1846; Captain, November 1856; Major, December 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel, June 1868; Colonel, December 1878; Major-General, July 1887; General, April 1894.

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