PRIVATE J. SWAN, 72ND FOOT (DUKE OF ALBANY’S OWN HIGHLANDERS, THE POST 1880 1ST BATTALION

PRIVATE J. SWAN, 72ND FOOT (DUKE OF ALBANY’S OWN HIGHLANDERS, THE POST 1880 1ST BATTALION SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS). Indian Mutiny Medal, 1 clasp, Central India (officially impressed: JOHN SWAN, 72nd. HIGHLANDERS). Very Fine to Good Very Fine.

Medal accompanied by copied medal roll extract confirming medal and clasp and that Swan saw service at the siege of Kotah and battle of Bunass. Medal roll states that, after seeing service with the 72nd Foot during the Indian Mutiny, Swan transferred to the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Foot (the post 1880 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment), on 1/1/1860.