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25 & 26 November 2015

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 1038

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26 November 2015

Hammer Price:
£750

A spectacular group of twenty-two miniature dress medals representative of those awards worn by Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, gold and enamel, with straight bar suspension, gold buckle on ribbon; The Order of Merit, Military Division, gold and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St, Michael & St. George, gold and enamel, ring suspension, gold buckle on ribbon; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu, on ‘I.G.S. 1895’ ribbon; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860; Canada General Service 1866-70, 3 slip-on clasps, Fenian Raid 1866, Fenian Raid 1870, Red River 1870; Ashantee 1874-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879; Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-el-Kebir, The Nle 1884-85, Suakin 1885; Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., lacking top bar; France, Legion of Honour, 2nd Empire, silver-gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidie, silver, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Order of Osmania, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, silver-gilt and enamel; Serbia, Oblitch Bravery Medal, gilt; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue; Khedive’s Star 1882, these of varying ages, some with contact marks, edge bruising, enamel damage and repair, nearly very fine and better (22) £650-850

Field Marshal Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, K.P., P.C., G.C.B., O.M, G.C.M.G., D.C.L., LL.D. (1833-1913).