Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A pair of miniature dress medals worn by Captain C. C. Saxton, Royal Artillery

China 1857-60, no clasp (Lt. Charles Clifford Saxton Madras Artillery) contemporarily engraved naming; Abyssinia 1867 (Lt. C. C. Saxton 23 B.R.A. Ast. Fd. Eng: A.E.F.) contemporarily engraved naming to edge, both with contemporary top silver riband buckles, very fine (2) £240-£280

Charles Clifford Saxton served with the Madras Artillery Mountain Train and Rocket Battery throughout the China Campaign of 1860, and was present at the action of Sinho (Medal). He served as Assistant Field Engineer with the Abyssinian Expeditionary Force from 31 December 1867 to the end of the campaign, and latterly as Assistant Provost Marshal at Senafe in addition to other duties (Mentioned in Despatches and medal).