photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1964-12-158-11

Description

Photograph of Havildar (Sergeant) Sewnundun Misser, 11th Bengal Native Infantry, 1887 (c). Sewnundun Misser enlisted on 1 May 1864 and was described as Hindu (Brahmin) caste. He is shown in dress uniform, and armed with a Snider Rifle. He wears the medals for the Bhutan Campaign (1865) and the 2nd Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880). One of 32 photographs of types of Indian Army from the Collanderies Collection of Uniform, taken by Johnston and Hoffman, 22 Chowringhee Road, Calcutta, 1878 (c)-1890 (c).