Auction Catalogue

16 December 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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

Lot

№ 672

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£750

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel F. D. Grey, 63rd Regiment, late Indian Army

Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, no clasp ([E]nsign, 54th Regt. N.I.); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Capt., 63rd Regt.), officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (Captn., 63rd Regt.), pierced with ring suspension, first two with edge bruising and heavy contact marks, nearly very fine, last good very fine (3) £500-600

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Douglas Grey served as an Ensign in the 24th Bengal N.I. in the campaign in the Sutlej campaign and was present at the battle of Ferozeshuhur. He served with the 63rd Regiment in the Crimea, being present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol and at the bombardment and capture of Kinbourn. he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1862 with the 37th Regiment.