NAM.1971-01-27-5

Casket, 1880 (c). Silver, of Indian manufacture, stamped by Hamiltons of Calcutta, 1880-1889 (c). Associated with FM Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts. With coat of arms on end panels. Supported by figures at each corner, a Gurkha, a Highlander, British and Sikh soldiers. With side panels showing the Relief of Cabul and a view of Kandahar, with a model field gun on top. Associated with the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).

Kabul, Siege of, 1879 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)