Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Bt. Major J. V. Hesse, 58th Foot) very fine £500-600

John Valentine Hesse was appointed an Ensign in the 58th Regiment, by purchase, on 8 January 1858; Lieutenant, 15 June 1859; Captain, by purchase, 6 May 1862; Brevet Major, 23 December 1875. Major Hesse served with the 58th during the war in South Africa, including the battle of Ulundi. He retired on Full Pay as a Lieutenant-Colonel on 26 November 1879.