Lot 684
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Pair: Colonel B. Sandwith, 1st Regiment of Bombay Lancers, Ghuznee (Colonel, C.B., 1st Lancers, Bombay), with ring and gold swivel-suspension bar; Afghanistan, Order of the Dooranee Empire, Third Class breast Badge, of local manufacture, gold and enamel with 16 pearls, the reverse fitted with gold brooch-pin, gold suspension bar, good very fine (2)
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Pair: Colonel B. Sandwith, 1st Regiment of Bombay Lancers, Ghuznee (Colonel, C.B., 1st Lancers, Bombay), with ring and gold swivel-suspension bar; Afghanistan, Order of the Dooranee Empire, Third Class breast Badge, of local manufacture, gold and enamel with 16 pearls, the reverse fitted with gold brooch-pin, gold suspension bar, good very fine (2)

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Pair: Colonel B. Sandwith, 1st Regiment of Bombay Lancers, Ghuznee (Colonel, C.B., 1st Lancers, Bombay), with ring and gold swivel-suspension bar; Afghanistan, Order of the Dooranee Empire, Third Class breast Badge, of local manufacture, gold and enamel with 16 pearls, the reverse fitted with gold brooch-pin, gold suspension bar, good very fine (2)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Colonel Bentham Sandwith, [C.B.], was appointed a Cadet in the East India Company's Bombay Army in 1810 and was posted to the 5th Bombay Native Infantry as an Ensign in the following year. Advanced to Lieutenant in 1814, he transferred to the Cavalry three years later and by 1820 was serving in the 1st Regiment of Bombay Lancers. Following further steady advancement, Sandwith was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1837 and took command of the Regiment in 1839, on the eve of the Ghuznee operations. Serving with distinction at the capture of the Fortress and Citadel of that place on 23.7.1839, and in the subsequent operations in that vicinity, he was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir John Keane and awarded the C.B., a distinction to which was added the Order of the Dooranee Empire following additional services before Cabul and Candahar. Sandwith was appointed Colonel of the Regiment in 1849 but died whilst on furlough in Nice in December 1850.