Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major-General F. L. Alexander, Royal Marine Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (Lieut. F. L. Alexander, RMA “Dauntless”); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, replacement swivel ring suspension, second with slight edge bruise, good very fine and better (2) £350-400

Alexander joined the Royal Marines as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1847. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1848; Captain in 1857; Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868; Brevet Colonel in 1872, and Honorary Major-General in 1874. During the Crimean War, Alexander served aboard H.M.S. Dauntless. He took part in the actions at Kertch and Kinburn and was wounded in the attack on the Russian forts at Sebastopol on 20 April 1855.