Auction Catalogue

18 May 2011

Starting at 12:00 PM

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The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 528

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18 May 2011

Hammer Price:
£430

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891 (Lieut. & Adjt. N. N. Bedingfeld, 1st Bn. K.R. Rif. C.), together with related miniature dress medal and K.R.R.C. helmet plate, traces of fire damage to the Medal, clasps and naming, the latter partially re-engraved as a result, otherwise very fine (3) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Norman Nevill Bedingfeld, the son of Major-General Philip Bedingfeld, was appointed a Lieutenant in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in May 1885, direct from the Militia, and Adjutant of the 1st Battalion in October 1889, in which capacity he served in the Hazara and Miranzai Expeditions in 1891, including the actions at Sangar and Mastan (Medal & 2 clasps). Afterwards placed on the Reserve of Officers, he died at Windsor Castle while visiting his brother, a Military Knight, in August 1905, aged 40 years.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation and photographs, including his commission warrant for the rank of Lieutenant in the Militia, dated 29 January 1894, letters to the recipient from Ernest, Grand Duke of Hesse, and his wife, Princes Victoria Melitta, who were friends of the Bedingfeld family, letters regarding his appointment to a commission in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and an ink drawing of him as a child.