Ashantee Medal To R. J. Lapham Auction Archive You have done most valuable

You have done most valuable work in Gorakhpur

"Other Ranks" Personnel

2 Clasps - DEFENSIVE SECTOR

(original) listing of his combat days

crisp detail and comes with intact lugs

Ashantee Medal To R. J. Lapham Auction Archive You have done most valuable1 Clasp COOMASSIE ([1072 2nd Class S. S.] R. J. LAPHAM, A. S. C, 1873 4). Naming is officially engraved, number and rank have been removed due to promotion, otherwise very fine. Accompanied by assorted research papers. Footnote: One of seventy one medals awarded to men of the A. S. C., of which only ten of them were entitled to the COOMASSIE clasp. Robert John Lapham was born in April 1847 and served in the ranks for over seventeen years before being