Orders, Decorations and Medals

South Africa 1834-53 (Dy. Asst. Comy. Genl. D. Standen) edge nicks, better than very fine £300-350

David Standen was first commissioned in the Commissariat Department in December 1847, and was advanced to Deputy Assistant Commissary General in January 1853, at the time of his service in the Cape of Good Hope during the Third Kaffir War. Remaining similarly employed in the Cape for many years, he was advanced to Assistant Commissary General in September 1864 and to Commissary in February 1870, the latter rank being equivalent to that of Major. Having then transferred to the Army’s Control Department, Standen was placed on half-pay during the 1880s; also see Lot 993 for his grandson’s awards.