36mm wide circular silver medal with claw and ribbon bar suspension, with campaign bar’ALI MUSJID’ the face with the veiled crowned head and shoulders of Queen Victoria facing left, circumscribed VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX (Victoria Queen and Empress); the reverse with a column on the march in a mountainous landscape, an elephant bearing a cannon to the fore, circumscribed above AFGHANISTAN and dated 1878-79-80 below. Correct chisel engraved named in running script to 1235 P TE J. B N RIFLE B DE ; on original ribbon. The medal was instituted on 19 March 1881 to be awarded to participants in the Second Afghan War of 1878 to 1880. Joseph Pratt was born in Loughborough in 1841, enlisting for service with the Leicestershire Militia in June 1859, transferring for regular service with the Rifle Brigade on the 22nd June 1860. Up until 1868 he was of’good character’ as a soldier, from this point onwards, he is shown to have been absent, confined to Barracks or in the’Cells by order of the C. , culminating in his desertion in July 1870, to which he was tried and imprisoned. Frequent absences throughout the rest of the 1870′s, with service in Gibraltar 1863-65, Canada in 1865-67 and India/Afghanistan 1873 to 1881. Discharged on the 10th January 1882, having served 21 years and 56 days. Private Pratt would not have been entitled to his Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, for obvious reasons… We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. 2/135 Russell St, Morley, WA. We run two specialist military auctions per year. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “RIFLE BRIGADE DESERTER PRE WW1 BRITISH 1878-1880 AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL” is in sale since Friday, September 29, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Authenticity: Original
- Country: UK
- Campaign: AFGHANISTAN
- Product Type: Medals
- Era: 1800s
