Abyssinia 1867 (Cornet Lord C. Hamilton 11th Hussars Aide de Camp) old repair to suspension post, otherwise toned, good very fine £1,000-£1,400

Three officers and 9 enlisted men of the 11th Hussars received the Abyssinia medal.

Charles George Douglas-Hamilton was born on 18 May 1847, the second son of William Alexander Archibald, 11th Duke of Hamilton & 8th Duke of Brandon, and his wife H.H. Princess Marie of Baden, youngest daughter of Karl Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (which made him a cousin of Emperor Naploeon III.
He was commissioned as Cornet by purchase in the 11th Hussars on 9 March 1866, and served during the Abyssinia campaign as Aide-de-Camp to Lord Napier. He was present during the capture of Magdala, and was also mentioned in despatches. He resigned his commission in 1869 (which appears to have been connected to financial issues). In 1885 he succeeded a distant cousin to become the 7th Earl of Selkirk, but sadly died on 2nd May the following year from Tuberculosis, in Biarritz, just before his 39th birthday.