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Ghuznee 1839 16th Lancers

Ghuznee Medal, 23rd July 1839, George Young, 16th Lancers.

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SKU: J6370 Category:
Origin: United Kingdom
Nearly Very Fine

Description

Ghuznee Medal, 23rd July 1839, George Young, 16th Lancers.

 

Medal is very contact marked over a long period, but engraving still readable. Replacement silver flat bar hinged suspension, with an excellent piece of very old ultra wide silk ribbon.

 

Named on reverse field: “16th Queen’s Own Lancers”
Named on edge: “George Young”

 

No 781 Corporal George Young, 16th Lancers, appears on the 1841 Army Index, stationed at Meerut.