Auction Catalogue

22 September 2000

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 121

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22 September 2000

Hammer Price:
£65

Major W. Verner’s Patent Night Marching Compass, in brass, the outer lid inscribed ‘Major F. C. Carter, Royal Berks. Regiment, Haileybury, April 8th to 14th 1896’, contained in its original leather pouch, stamped ‘F.C.C.’, small chip to crystal, otherwise good condition £40-60

Brigadier General F. C. Carter served in Afghanistan 1878-1880; Hazara 1888 (Despatches); Lushai 1889; Hazara 1891 (Despatches); Great War (Despatches twice).