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Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1016. Lce. Sergt. A. Griffa. 10th. Huss.) officially...
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Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1016. Lce. Sergt. A. Griffa. 10th. Huss.) officially engraved in a slightly later style, lacquered, good very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Adolph Griffa, né Von Malachowski, was born in Kaul, St Goarshausen, Prussia in 1852, the son of Frederich Wilhelm Ludwig Ernest Von Malachowski, and the grandson of Lieutenant General Karl Friedrich Adolf Von Malachowski Griffa, who commanded the 8th Prussian Cavalry Brigade from 1 June 1832. Emigrating to England, he attested for the 10th Hussars at Aldershot on 12 December 1868, aged 16. He served with the 10th Hussars in India and Afghanistan from 9 January 1873, taking part in the Second Afghan War from 1878 to 1879; the 10th Hussars were the first troops to enter Afghanistan. Promoted Corporal on 25 June 1879, he was appointed Lance-Sergeant on 15 November of that year, and was promoted Sergeant on 5 August 1881. Transferring to the 6th Dragoon Guards on 1 December 1883, he was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant on 28 April 1885 at the Dalhousie Hill Depot, before transferring to the 17th Lancers on 31 October 1889. Awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was discharged on 30 October 1890, after 21 years’ service, of which 17 years and 274 days were spent soldiering in India.
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Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1016. Lce. Sergt. A. Griffa. 10th. Huss.) officially engraved in a slightly later style, lacquered, good very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Adolph Griffa, né Von Malachowski, was born in Kaul, St Goarshausen, Prussia in 1852, the son of Frederich Wilhelm Ludwig Ernest Von Malachowski, and the grandson of Lieutenant General Karl Friedrich Adolf Von Malachowski Griffa, who commanded the 8th Prussian Cavalry Brigade from 1 June 1832. Emigrating to England, he attested for the 10th Hussars at Aldershot on 12 December 1868, aged 16. He served with the 10th Hussars in India and Afghanistan from 9 January 1873, taking part in the Second Afghan War from 1878 to 1879; the 10th Hussars were the first troops to enter Afghanistan. Promoted Corporal on 25 June 1879, he was appointed Lance-Sergeant on 15 November of that year, and was promoted Sergeant on 5 August 1881. Transferring to the 6th Dragoon Guards on 1 December 1883, he was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant on 28 April 1885 at the Dalhousie Hill Depot, before transferring to the 17th Lancers on 31 October 1889. Awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was discharged on 30 October 1890, after 21 years’ service, of which 17 years and 274 days were spent soldiering in India.
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