Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Baltic 1854-55 (Colonel. E. Rea, R.M.) depot impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-£500

Edward Rea was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Chatham Division of the Royal Marines on 3 February 1823; 1st Lieutenant, 12 October 1832; Captain, 19 March 1842; Major, 20 June 1854; Lieutenant-Colonel, 21 June 1854; Colonel, 6 February 1857; Colonel-Commandant, 11 August 1859; Major-General, 25 March 1862. He served with the R.M. Battalion on the north coast of Spain against the Carlists in 1837 and 1838; and with the combined expedition to the Baltic in 1854 (Medal, brevet of Major). Major-General Edward Rea died at Croydon on 14 December 1862, in his 58th year of age. Sold with copied obituary notice from The Globe and Laurel, Harts Army List extracts, and a photocopied image of Rea as Commandant Chatham Division.