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Three: Sergeant M, McLean, 92nd Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1056...

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Three: Sergeant M, McLean, 92nd Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1056... - Image 1 of 2
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Three: Sergeant M, McLean, 92nd Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1056... - Image 1 of 2
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Three: Sergeant M, McLean, 92nd Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1056 Sergt. M. McLean. 92nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1056 Sergt. M. McLean 92nd Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1056. Sergt. M. McLean, 92nd Foot) light pitting from star, otherwise better than very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Murdoch McLean was born at Bewley, Inverness, in October 1840 and attested as Private No. 453 in the 12th Regiment of Foot on 30 November 1858. He subsequently transferred to the 92nd Highlanders on 1 July 1863, and re-engaged on 30 November 1868, to complete 21 years’ service. He served at home until December 1870, then in the East Indies until January 1881, including the Afghanistan campaign, followed by a brief period in South Africa during the Transvaal campaign, January to July 1881. Advanced Sergeant in 1873, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 July 1877, and was discharged on 9 August 1881. He appears in the group photograph taken of the Sergeants of the 92nd Highlanders taken in Afghanistan in 1879 and reproduced in The Life of a Regiment, Vol. 2. Sold with copied service papers.
Three: Sergeant M, McLean, 92nd Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1056 Sergt. M. McLean. 92nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1056 Sergt. M. McLean 92nd Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1056. Sergt. M. McLean, 92nd Foot) light pitting from star, otherwise better than very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Murdoch McLean was born at Bewley, Inverness, in October 1840 and attested as Private No. 453 in the 12th Regiment of Foot on 30 November 1858. He subsequently transferred to the 92nd Highlanders on 1 July 1863, and re-engaged on 30 November 1868, to complete 21 years’ service. He served at home until December 1870, then in the East Indies until January 1881, including the Afghanistan campaign, followed by a brief period in South Africa during the Transvaal campaign, January to July 1881. Advanced Sergeant in 1873, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 July 1877, and was discharged on 9 August 1881. He appears in the group photograph taken of the Sergeants of the 92nd Highlanders taken in Afghanistan in 1879 and reproduced in The Life of a Regiment, Vol. 2. Sold with copied service papers.

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