Orders, Decorations and Medals

Lord Fitzclarence’s Best Shot Award for the Bombay Army, silver badge in the form of a native soldier kneeling at the aim, the reverse impressed ‘Given by Lord F Fitzclarence’, fitted with small ring for suspension and silver ribbon buckle, very fine and very rare £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Indian Army the property of a retired Indian Army officer.

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Lord (George Augustus) Frederick Fitzclarence, illegitimate son of William IV and Mrs Jordan, served in India during the Mahratta War of 1816-17 as Aide de Camp to Marquis Hastings. This award is believed to date from that period. Fitzclarence was created 1st Earl of Munster in May 1831 and committed suicide in 1842.