Pair - “Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal,” for First Anglo- Afghan War, variant with “CABUL / 1842” on rev. / Punjab Medal 1848.

Good very fine with age toning. Slight rubbing to highpoints.

First named in engraved capitals and Punjab Medal Impressed; “G. HAMILTON. CAPTN. 53RD REGT B. N. I.”

Gilbert Hamilton, East India Company Cadet 1824; Bengal 1825, Ensign; Lieutenant 53rd Bengal Native Infantry, 1828; Temporary Interpreter and Quarter-Master, 1832; Acting Adjutant in 1834; Captain, 1840, Cabul, saw action in the Khyber Pass; Lahore garrison in Second Sikh War. Retired 1850; Honorary Major, 1854.