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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 41

x Six: Lieutenant-Colonel G.F. Bryant, 29th Bombay Native Infantry Abyssinia 1867-68 (Lieut G.F. Bryant Commst. Dept. Bombay Army); Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Kandahar (Major G.F. Bryant. 29th Bo. N.I.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, unnamed; Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (Major. G.F. Bryant. 2nd Belooch: Regt.); Turkey, Order of Osmanieh, 4th Class breast Badge, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband; Khedive´s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (6) Estimate £ 800-1,200 Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Bryant, educated at Stonyhurst College and Paris; nominated for service in the Indian Army by Admiral R.H. Manners; commissioned Ensign Bombay Army, 1859; Lieutenant 1861; appointed Supernumerary Sub-Assistant Commissary General, 7.10.1864; served with the Commissariat Department on special duty connected with the Transport Train during the Abyssinian Campaign 1867-68; Captain Wing Officer 29th Bombay Native Infantry 1871; Major 1879, served with the regiment during the Afghan Campaign, 1878-80, took part in the advance on Khelat-i-Ghilzie and accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the march to and battle of Kandahar; served as a Wing Commander 2nd Baluch Battalion 29th Bombay N.I. during the Egyptian war 1882 (Turkey, Order of Osmanieh, 4th Class); Lieutenant-Colonel Bombay Staff Corps, 1885.

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