Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lt. A. W. Brodhurst, 2nd Eurn. Lt. Cavy.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- Arthur Westby Brodhurst was born at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on 21 October 1839, son of John E. Mansfield, a banker of that town, and was nominated as a Cadet for the Bengal Cavalry in February 1857. He was examined and passed on 10 June 1857, and gazetted a Cornet into the 2nd Bengal European Light Cavalry on 24 June following. He was attached to the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) and served in Sir J. Outram’s Division, at the siege and capture of Lucknow, March 1858, and during the subsequent operations in Oude with the Queen’s Bays under Lord Clyde (Medal with Clasp). Promoted to Lieutenant on 18 May 1858, he shortly afterwards transferred to the 20th Hussars, of which regiment he was Adjutant from January 1865 to February 1868, becoming Captain on 2 August 1871. Captain Brodhurst retired on 13 November 1872, and died in London on 8 April 1876. Sold with copied Cadet papers and other research including a copied group photograph of 20th Hussars Officers, including Brodhurst, at Umballa, India in 1871.
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Pair: Colonel C. H. V. Garbett, 3rd Bengal Cavalry, late 5th Royal Irish Lancers, who was Mentioned in Despatches and later served as Commanding Officer of the 2nd Bengal Lancers Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lt. C. H. V. Garbett. 3. Bl. C.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut: C. H. V. Garbett 3rd. Bengal Cavy.) pitting from Star, generally very fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2009. Charles Henry Vincent Garbett was born on 19 March 1849 and was gazetted a Cornet in the 5th Royal Irish Lancers in 1869, joining the regiment in India. Promoted to Lieutenant in October 1871, he was appointed to the Bengal Staff Corps in October 1873, serving firstly with the 3rd Bengal Cavalry and later with the 2nd Bengal Cavalry. With the former he served in the Afghan Campaign and was Mentioned in Despatches on 1 January 1880, for his gallantry during the expedition against the Shinwari villages of Banda, Kuddi, and Roghani, where tribesmen involved in an earlier attack on British positions were known to be holded up. Garbett was advanced to Captain in November 1881 and Major in November 1889. Appointed second-in-command of the 2nd Bengal Lancers in 1892, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1895 and appointed Commandant of the 2nd Bengal Lancers in July 1897. He vacated that command in March 1901 and in July was promoted to Colonel. During 1902-03 he commanded the Lahore District and was placed on the Unemployed List in 1906. Sold with copied research.
GEORGIAN SILVER. A George IV presentation, silver spouted tankard, the body with floral & foliate decoration & a cartouche with the arms of the Cox family of Beaminster. To the domed lid an inscription reading "Captain Bragge, Sadborow Volunr. Yeomry to Lieut. S. Cox on the disbanding of the Corps, 1827". Stamped with the hallmark for London 1828. Maker's mark I.W. (probably James Wintle). Height 20.5cm. Approx. 980g. (31.5 t.oz). NOTE 1. Captain Bragge was associated with the East Devonshire, Sadborow Volunteer Yeomanry. Lieutenant S. Cox was a member of the Cox family of Beaminster Manor in Dorset. Sadborow was in East Devon until later it became a part of West Dorset. Samuel Cox married Vertue Russell in 1816 on Samuel's 26th birthday. By 1833 when Princess Victoria passed through Beaminster, Samuel Cox then a Cornet in the Dorset Yeoman Cavalry escorted Her Royal Highness to the town of Lyme Regis. This silver tankard has passed through the generations of the family to the current owners. NOTE 2. This tankard was submitted to the Goldsmith's Company Assay Office on 15th December 2022 & it is the opinion of the Committee that it is hallmarked in accordance with the Hall marking Act 1973.Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Rare, stoneware figural menu. Depicting two mice placing a harp and cornet. GT impressed monogram. Harp and Clarinet impressed to front base.Impressed Doulton Lambeth rosette. Artist: George TinworthIssued: c. 1882Dimensions: 3.25"L x 2.5"W x 4"HManufacturer: Doulton LambethCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.High Res Image 1High Res Image 2High Res Image 3
Antique Period 9ct Gold Coronet Brooch, Set with Large Amethyst and Pearls with Safety Chain. All Full Hallmark for 9.375. The Heart Shaped Amethyst of Superb Colours. Weight 7.8 grams + A Further 9ct Gold Matching Stick Pin with Cornet Set with Centre of Brooch. Also Set with Amethyst and Pearls. Weight 5,6 grams. 2.5 Inches - 6.25 cms Diameter. Both In Very Good Condition.
ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966)LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE à MAX JACOB. 17 décembre 1918. 2 pages in-8 à l'encre. ... ' Je me souviens avec émotion de l'autre dimanche, de tout ce que j'ai ce jour-là compris et appris de vous. Mon grand souci est de devenir le plus humain possible (Gide a dit le plus banal) et j'admire de tout mon cœur que vous continuiez à aimer tant l'humanité, fondé que vous êtes en psychologie... Je pense quelquefois à votre attitude dans la vie. Vous avez trouvé le moyen d'être le plus distant des hommes. Bien que vous ayez la main tendue. J'ai peur de vous parler trop librement' ......'mes deux meilleurs amis ont, comme moi, les yeux fixés sur vous. Vous m'avez autrefois promis un mot de dédicace sur le Cornet à dés'...AUTOGRAPH LETTER to MAX JACOB, SIGNED. 17 December 1918. 2pp., ink on paper, 8vo.... ' Je me souviens avec émotion de l'autre dimanche, de tout ce que j'ai ce jour-là compris et appris de vous. Mon grand souci est de devenir le plus humain possible (Gide a dit le plus banal) et j'admire de tout mon cœur que vous continuiez à aimer tant l'humanité, fondé que vous êtes en psychologie... Je pense quelquefois à votre attitude dans la vie. Vous avez trouvé le moyen d'être le plus distant des hommes. Bien que vous ayez la main tendue. J'ai peur de vous parler trop librement' ......'mes deux meilleurs amis ont, comme moi, les yeux fixés sur vous. Vous m'avez autrefois promis un mot de dédicace sur le Cornet à dés'...Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, France.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The important Peninsula War medal awarded to General Sir Arthur Clifton, G.C.B., K.C.H., K.St.A., Colonel of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons, who he commanded in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, where the regiment formed part of the ‘Union’ Brigade, the command of which devolved upon Clifton on the death of Sir William Ponsonby Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Toulouse (Sir A. Clifton, K.C.B. Majr. 3rd Dn. Gds. & Lt. Col. 1st Dgn) some minor edge bruising and marks, otherwise good very fine £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Elson Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963. Arthur Benjamin Clifton was born in 1771, third son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 6th Baronet. He was educated at Rugby school and entered the army as a cornet in the 3rd Dragoon Guards on 6 June 1794; lieutenant, 7 August 1794; captain, 27 February 1799; major, 17 December 1803; lieutenant-colonel, 1st Dragoons, 25 July 1810; colonel, 12 August 1819; major-general, 22 July 1830; lieutenant-general, 23 November 1841; general, 20 June 1854; Colonel 1st Dragoons, 30 August 1842. Served the campaigns of 1809-15. Commanded a squadron of the 3rd Dragoon Guards in covering and supporting four Spanish guns at the battle of Talavera, and employed in different subsequent operations; battle of Busaco, pursuit of Massena from Santarem, taking from him prisoners and baggage; Battle of Fuentes d’Onor, actions at Navé d’Aver, El Boden, Fuentes Guinaldo, and Aldea de Ponte; several affairs during the retreat of the army from Salamanca to Ciudad Rodrigo; charged with a squadron a body of French infantry under General Clausel, near Salamanca, killing or taking nearly a hundred of the enemy; Battle of Vittoria, blockade of Pampeluna, several affairs in the Pyrenees, Battle of Toulouse, skirmishing with the enemy and covering the retreat on the 17th of June, and Battle of Waterloo. He was awarded the Gold Medal and one Clasp for Fuentes d’Onor and Vittoria, and the silver medal for Talavera, Busaco and Toulouse. Clifton commanded the 1st Dragoons at Waterloo, where they formed part of the 2nd or ‘Union’ Brigade. On the death of Sir William Ponsonby, the command of the Union Brigade devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel Clifton. He was made a C.B. for Waterloo and a Knight of St Anne of Russia; he was made K.C.H. in 1832, advanced to K.C.B. in 1838, and to G.C.B. in 1861. At the funeral of the Duke of Wellington in November 1852, Clifton was one of the ten general officers bearing bannerols during the service at St Paul’s. General Sir Arthur Clifton, G.C.B., K.C.H., K.St.A. died unmarried on 7 March 1869, aged 99.
South Africa 1834-53 (Lieut. P. Thompson, 7th. Dgn. Gds.) suspension somewhat bent, edge bruising and traces of lacquer, nearly very fine £500-£700 --- C.B. London Gazette 2 June 1869. Pearson Scott Thompson was appointed a cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards in August 1842 and was promoted lieutenant in June 1844. He served with the regiment in South Africa against the insurgent Boers in 1845 and in the Second Kaffir War 1846-47, and was present at the Battle of Guanga, where the 7th Dragoon Guards suffered the loss of one officer killed and had 11 wounded, versus a loss to the enemy of some 400 warriors. Subsequently appointed a captain in the 14th Light Dragoons, Thompson saw further action in the Indian Mutiny in the Central India Field Force under Sir Hugh Rose, including the siege and capture of Jhansi in 1858. He also commanded the cavalry at the capture of the fort of Loharri and was present at the capture of Koonch and in the various skirmishes leading to the capture of Calpee, including the action at Galowlie; commanded the left wing of the 14th Hussars at the action of Morar and the engagements on the heights before Kotakeserai and Gwalior, prior to the capture of the latter fort and city. He subsequently distinguished himself as commanding officer of a field detachment for three months in Bundlecund, where he was present in a successful attack against a superior body of rebels at Gorotha. He was thanked by the Governor of Bombay and was twice mentioned in despatches, in addition to being given the brevets of major and lieutenant-colonel (Medal and clasp). Thompson served as commanding officer of the 14th Hussars from 1864 to 1875, and was promoted colonel in January 1867. Created a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1869 Birthday Honours’ List, he was advanced major-general on the Retired List in October 1877, and died in Beverley, Yorkshire, the following year. Bever Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.
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[ Victoria Cross ] William George Hawtry Bankes, VC (1836 - 1858), an extremely rare collodion glass plate photograph potentially portraying Cornet Bankes following the action for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross, or perhaps post-mortem, as he is captured sat with his arms covered by plaids, in Union type case with press cutting, 9.5 cm x 8 cm overall [London Gazette, "Cornet William George Hawtrey Bankes, 7th Hussars, upon whom the Commander-in-Chief in India has reported that the Decoration of the Victoria Cross has been provisionally conferred, for conspicuous gallantry, in thrice charging a body of infuriated fanatics, who had rushed on the guns employed in shelling a small mud fort in the vicinity of Moosa-Bagh, Lucknow, on the 19th of March, 1858, of the wounds received on which occasion he subsequently died, would have been recommended to Her Majesty for confirmation in that distinction, had he survived. Cornet Bankes led three charges against a body of rebels who had rushed the guns in the vicinity of Moosa-Bagh. In the course of these charges the young officer was almost cut to pieces. He died of his wounds 18 days later". Bankes was the first posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross.]
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (A. F. Paxton, Lieut. 11th Dgns.) edge bruising and light traces to rim at 6 o’clock of the medal previously having been held in a mount, otherwise good very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Dix & Webb, March 1996. Archibald Frederick Paxton was born in 1793, the son of Sir William Paxton, of Middleton Hall, co. Carmarthen, and was educated at Harrow. He was commissioned cornet in the 11th Dragoons on 26 June 1811, and was promoted to lieutenant on 19 December 1811. He served with his regiment in the Peninsula and was present at the Battle of Salamanca on 22 July 1812; he is also recorded as being present at the skirmish at Morisco on 20-22 June 1812 and the affair at Castrejon on 18 July 1812. He retired on reserved half-pay on 23 July 1817, and was later a magistrate for Wiltshire, residing at Cholderton, near Salisbury. He died in London on 11 April 1875. Sold with copied research.
Army of India 1799-1826, 5 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig (Cornet Patk. Dunbar, 3rd Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, some light contact marks, edge bruises and nicks, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare £12,000-£16,000 --- Provenance: Dr A. A. Payne Collection 1911, Glendining’s 1918; M. J. Kennard Collection, Sotheby, June 1924; G. Hamilton Smith Collection, Glendinings, July 1927; Elson Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963. Only 9 Army of India medals issued with 5 clasps, 8 of which with this combination, including 3 officers all in the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry. The 5-clasp medal to William Eleanor, 76th Foot, sold in these rooms in September 2004 (£13,000). Patrick Dunbar was born at Auldearn, Nairn, on 6 September 1777, 5th and youngest son of Captain Alexander Dunbar, of Boath, co. Nairn, and Jean his wife, 4th daughter of George Burnett, of Kemnay. In 1798, Dunbar was appointed a Cavalry Cadet on the Bengal establishment, and in 1799 commenced his military career, by joining a battalion of the 15th Native Infantry, with which corps he continued until June 1800, when the 5th and 6th regiments of cavalry were ordered to be raised at Ghazeepoor, and he was directed to join and do duty with the latter corps. He continued with it until the adjustment of rank of the cadets of 1798, when he was permanently posted to the 3rd Light Cavalry, as Cornet, and joined, in August 1801, at Cawnpoor. At this station the corps remained until the beginning of 1802, when it was ordered to form part of the escort selected to attend the Marquess Wellesley, on his visit to the late Newaub of Oude. The regiment proceeded to Lucknow, and afterwards escorted his Lordship down the country, as far as the zillah of Juanpore, where the services of the corps were dispensed with, and it was ordered to Rohilcund. It was stationed at Barreilly until the disturbances with Bauguan Sing, and other chiefs in the Dooaub, in the end of 1802, occasioned a force to be assembled for their subjection and the reduction of their forts. The 3rd cavalry was one of the corps employed on the service and Dunbar was present at the sieges of Sasnee, Catchoura, &c. In 1803, the war broke out with the Mahrattas: “the grand army under the Commander-in-Chief, the Lord Lake, took the field, and the 3rd Light Cavalry was one of the first corps that joined it. Cornet Dunbar was present at General Perron’s defeat near Coel, 29 August 1803; at the capture of Allyghur, 4 September; at the battle near Delhi, 11 September; at the siege and fall of Agra, 18 October; and at the hard-fought battle of Laswarree, 1 November. He was also at the capture of Tonk Rampoora; at the battle and siege of Deig; at two of the storms of Bhurtpoor; and with General Smith's division, in pursuit of Ameer Khan, when that chieftain invaded Rohilcund. At the termination of the latter campaign, the 3rd Light Cavalry was cantoned at Muttra, and after having remained for some time at that station, this officer was detached with his troop to Bundlecund, and employed under various commanders in that troublesome province, and particularly with Colonel Arnold above the Ghauts. On leaving Bundlecund, he was sent into the province of Oude, where he was employed at the reduction of many of the mud forts. He was with the army under General Marshall, at the bombardment and capture of the fort of Hattrass, in the Dodaub; with the grand army assembled under the personal command of the Marquess of Hastings, and subsequently detached from his Lordship's camp, and proceeded with Major-General Sir Thomas Brown’s light division, towards the south, and was present at the attacks made on the fortified towns of Rampoora and Jawud; he was afterwards sent to join the Neemuch field force, under Lieutenant-Colonel Ludlow, C.B. Major Dunbar had the honour of commanding his regiment for a short time, when Lieutenant; he held the command of it a second time, when captain; and got the command a third time, when major. He joined in 1801, and continued with the corps till September 1821, when he returned to his native country. On 11 March 1805, he obtained the rank of lieutenant; he was promoted to brevet-captain, 5 January 1816, and regimentally, 1 September 1818; and to Major, 8 May 1821; late hon. lieutenant-colonel. He retired on 26 April 1824 and returned to England. Lieutenant-Colonel Dunbar died at Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London, on 18 July 1864, aged 86.
The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant Frederick Wood, 11th Light Dragoons, who was severely wounded on 18 June 1815, and whose earlier misfortune was by tradition the cause behind the regimental nickname ‘The Cherry Pickers’, after he was captured by the French with his 10-man patrol in a cherry orchard at San Martin de Trevejo, a most remote village in Spain, in August 1811; he was a prisoner at Verdun for the remainder of the war Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Fred. Wood, 11th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor marks, otherwise good very fine £6,000-£8,000 --- Frederick Wood was born on 25 May 1784, and was first commissioned as Cornet in the 11th Light Dragoons on 28 April 1804, and promoted to Lieutenant on 14 June 1805. He served with the 11th Light Dragoons in the Peninsula from June 1811, but, when in command of a patrol of ten men on 15 August 1811, he was surprised and captured by the French in a cherry orchard at San Martin de Trevejo, a most remote village in Spain near the border with Portugal. Tradition has it that this incident brought about the regiment’s nickname ‘The Cherry Pickers’. Lieutenant Wood was imprisoned at Verdun until the end of the war in April 1814. He served with the regiment in the Waterloo campaign and was severely wounded on 18 June 1815. Lieutenant Wood was court-martialled in September 1816 for ‘using reproachful and provoking language to Lieutenant-Colonel Sleigh [his commanding officer] tending to upbraid him with having refused a challenge, and to excite him to fight a duel with him.’ Found guilty and sentenced by the Court to be cashiered, an intervention by H.R.H. the Prince Regent, on account of his previous good service, caused his sentence to be mitigated by his being placed on Half-pay, which duly took place on 25 March 1817. Frederick Wood died on 4 July 1861.
An original Crimea War letter from Lieutenant Clement Heneage, 8th Hussars, who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade and went on to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny The letter in ink, four sides on a single folded sheet of blue paper, dated ‘Balaclava, Aug. 13th’, and reading: My dearest Mimsy I was very much surprised to hear of Clutterbuck's approaching marriage, which was about the least probable event in his life, according to what we knew of him - no one in the regiment has heard from him lately, so he is most likely shy about announcing the event. I don’t think he will stay in the corps one day after the ceremony has been performed - The detachments of the Lt. Brigade which have been out at Baidar for the last 3 weeks, all came in this morning, as they are not much use in that direction, the Russians being almost totally invisible - in fact all the soldiers they have in the Crimea, are close to Sebastopol & the Belbek. This morning a general action was confidently expected, & the whole Cavalry Division was out in the plain before 3 o'clock, but nothing came off, so I suppose the Russians will try some other day. The English cavalry are now an immense force - this morning we were between three & four thousand strong, a most imposing mass of men & horses - & if we had had a go at the Russians, I think they would have been sorry for it. Michael is very well & flourishing, he was here two days ago, & we meet constantly in some part of the camps. There seems to be a great row about the merits of G. Paget, & his good service pension - he certainly does not deserve it near so much as heaps of other Colonels do, particularly as he is such a noted bad soldier - If he writes any answer to those letters in the Times, which he most likely has done by this time, it will be great sport - as that facetious paper will probably favour him with an article written in their best & most severe style - Love to all at Compton. Believe me dearest Mimsy Yr. most affecte. Clement’ With related envelope addressed to his ‘Mrs. Heneage, Compton Basset, Calne, Wiltshire’, this with notation ‘England via Marseilles’ and three official stamps to reverse, including British Army Post Office ‘AU 18 1855’, good overall condition £240-£280 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2014. Clement Walker Heneage was born at Compton Basset, Wiltshire, in March 1831, the son of George Walker Heneage, the M.P. for Devizes. Appointed a Cornet in the 8th Hussars in August 1851, he was advanced to Lieutenant in September 1854, and rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, in addition to being present at Alma, Inkermann and the operations before Sebastopol (Medal and 4 clasps; Turkish Medal). Having then returned to England, the 8th Hussars were embarked for India in October 1857, and it was June of the following year that Heneage, now a Captain, won the V.C. for his part in an action at Gwalior, three other members of the regiment sharing the same distinction on the same occasion: ‘Selected for the Victoria Cross by their companions. In the gallant charge made by a squadron of the regiment at Gwalior on 17 June 1858, when, supported by a division of the Bombay Horse Artillery, and H.M’s 95th Regiment, they routed the enemy, who were advancing against Brigadier Smith’s position, charged through the rebel camp into two batteries, capturing and brining into their camp two of the enemy’s guns, under a heavy and converging fire from the fort of the town’ (London Gazette 26 January 1859). Also given the Brevet of Major, and awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal with ‘Central India’ clasp, Heneage attained the substantive rank of Major in November 1860, and retired in 1868. A High Sheriff for Wiltshire, he died at Compton House, Compton Basset, in December 1901.
A West Virginia Civil War medal awarded to Second Lieutenant William H. Murphy of the famed 1st West Virginia Cavalry, who was injured at the Battle of Port Republic June 1862. Previous to enlistment he was a printer and established a newspaper ‘The American Citizen’ in 1855 West Virginia Civil War Medal, ‘Honorably Discharged’ type (Wilm H. Murphy. Co H 1st Cav Vols. Sergt) nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- Medal named with rank of Sergeant as this was his later rank. William H Murphy, aged 32, a printer from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, who had established a newspaper ‘The American Citizen’ in 1855, enlisted as Second Lieutenant into Company ‘E’ 1st Virginia Cavalry on 16 June 1861. On 4 July 1862 resigned his commission due to health - his service papers noting he had contracted disease of the lungs during the winter of 1861-2 and that he had been severely injured falling from his horse while in action during the Battle of Port Republic on 8 June 1862, suffering internal injuries. They also contain a letter from his Colonel regretting his loss to the regiment. Murphy further reenlisted as a 1st Sergeant, Company “H” 1st West Virginia Cavalry on 27 February 1864. The 1st Virginia Cavalry was his old regiment that had been officially renamed West Virginia Cavalry when the Unionist State of West Virginia was officially admitted to the Union in 1863. Musters show that Murphy spent much of the time between mid September and December 1864 in hospital and from January 1865, variously on duty, detached service and hospital. He was finally discharged on 30 May 1865 and died on 30 October 1866. 1st West Virginia Cavalry Service The regiment was recruited from the western counties of Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and western Virginia, at a time when the Government was not organising cavalry regiments. It was composed of superior material, mostly young men from the farms, experienced horsemen and marksmen, who could break and tame the wildest colt, or pierce the head of a squirrel in the top of the tallest hickory with a rife bullet. When the regiment entered the field mounted and equipped, with its complement of field, staff and line officers, and led by Prof. Carl Colby’s famous silver cornet band, all mounted on milk white horses, the regiment well caparisoned, with jingling and flapping trappings, the riders all young and handsome, it was a beautiful and inspiring an organisation as ever graced the armies of the United States. This the citizens of Clarksburg, Cumberland, Martinsburg and Winchester will no doubt cordially admit, though the uniforms may not have been their favourite colour. Its first active service was in the mountains of West Virginia, by detachments, scouting and doing picket and outpost duty to the various infantry commands holding the mountain passes and guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. These duties in the wild, mountainous region, infested with Confederate scouts, guerrillas and bushwhackers, soon developed in the officers and men that individuality, courage and daring which distinguished them throughout the period of their service. In the spring of 1862, it was brigaded with other cavalry regiments, under the command of General Hatch, and participated in the operations in the valley of the Shenandoah and its neighbourhood under General Shields, Banks, McDowell, Schenck and Fremont, though some of the companies were separated. Capt. C. C. Krepps, with a company of the regiment, put the enemy’s cavalry, panic stricken, to flight, and gained possession of the bridge at Port Republic, and but for orders to the contrary, would have destroyed it, thereby cutting off the retreat of Stonewall Jackson. In the darkness of night preceding the battle of Cedar Mountain, Captains Steele and C. C. Krepps, with two companies, rode through General Jackson’s camps, creating great apprehension and confusion, at the same time capturing a number of prisoners. The State of West Virginia Civil War Medal In 1866, the state of West Virginia authorised the minting of 26,000 medals to honour its Union Civil War soldiers. Unlike other Union States, medals were issued to every soldier who served in a West Virginian unit. Three different dies were produced for the medals, each with a different suspension clasp: 1) “Honourably Discharged” for the officers and soldiers of the volunteer army who have been or may be honourably discharged from the service. This is the most common variant. 2) “Killed in Battle” for the officers and soldiers who have been killed in battle. Not more than 800 of this variant were produced. 3) “For Liberty” for the officers and soldiers who have died from wounds received in battle and for those who died from diseases contracted in the service. 3,200 of this variant were produced. Each medal was officially impressed with the soldier’s name, rank and unit on the rim, in a similar style to British Campaign medals. To this day, over 4,000 medals remain unclaimed. Of the States that fought for the Union, only West Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut, issued officially named or numbered medals to its servicemen in significant numbers. Even then, bar to soldiers in West Virginian service, this was to a small number of men that actually served in each State during the War and a fraction of the over two million servicemen who fought for the Union. Connecticut, Pennsylvania and others issued medals to their ‘first call’ militia but numbers were lower than 800. Sold with copy detailed pensions file and musters.
French school, late 19th century."Army Drummers, 1875.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated in the lower right corner.It presents faults and perforation.Measurements: 27 x 41 cm; 43 x 57,5 cm (frame).A group of soldiers drummers of the French army are lined up in front of a sergeant who directs them. Behind them, the cornet player stands out together with other members of the music band. The costumes and features are rendered with veristic precision.
Trophy Miniatures - Trophy Promotional Series, comprising: Forbes - Christie's Commemorative Figure: C.S.A. Standard Bearer - produced to commemorate the sale of the Forbes Soldier Collection by Christie's New York in December 1997. Only available to those Attending the Sale, complete with Forbes Collection Official Tag. Also, Toy Soldier & Model Figure Magazine Limited Edition Model [0/200] - Cornet Player - Polish Infantry Contingent. Mint overall, contained in near Mint Trophy set boxes Complete with Limited Edition Certificate. Very Rare limited edition promotional pieces. [2]
Britains Collectors Club Centenary Series - Queen Victoria presenting the Scots Guards with the State colour, 15th September 1899, comprising: 2 x Band Set 40202 - Side Drum, Clarinet & French Horn, 5 x Band Set 5994 - Tenor Horn, Trombone, Clarinet & 3 x Band Set 40201 - Sgt. Trombone, Sgt. Clarinet, Sgt. Cornet. Mint overall, contained in Near Mint set boxes. [10]
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Britains Limited Editions [Queen Victoria presenting the Scots Guards with the State Colour, 15th September 1899], comprising: Set 00214 - Scots Guards - Band of the Pipes & Drums, 1899, Britains Collectors Club Centenary Series - Queen Victoria presenting the Scots Guards with the State Colour, 15th September 1899, Set 40209 - Officers of the General Staff, Set 40205 - Mounted Groom, Band Set 5994 - Tenor Horn, Trombone, Clarinet [incorrect contents], Band Set 40201 - Sgt. Trombone, Sgt. Clarinet, Sgt. Cornet & 2 x Band Set 40106 - Tuba, Alto Sax, Piccolo. Mint, contained in near Mint set boxes & matched outer sleeve where applicable. [7]
Vase collerette « Qinbaï » sur pied en couronne, panse globulaire et col cornet ouvert en feston au marli, en fin grès porcelaineux délicatement décoré en incision d’une composition florale sous glaçure monochrome céladon bleuté translucide Chine Dynastie Song 960 à 1279 Ht 19cm x diam au col 9cmParfait état de conservation Collection de Mr
2nd Life Guards Attributed Waterloo and Military General Service MINIATURE Medal Pair. This pair are attributed to Captain Alexander McInnes of the 2nd Life Guards who oil painting portrait by Ramsay Richard Reinagle hangs in the National Army Museum London. Comprising: Military General Service Medal, clasp Vittoria, Waterloo Medal. These have been attractively mounted into a Spink quality Mahogany table frame. This frame would have at one time housed the full size medals and were mounted with a Victorian Life Guards pouch badge and a representation of the portrait. The miniature medals are unnamed. Frame Size 11 x 9 inches. Captain Alexander McInnes portrait is probably the most recognised of the period depicting an Officer of the Life Guards Waterloo Period. He was appointed a Cornet of the 2nd Life Guards in 1809, he became a Lieutenant in 1810 and Captain whilst serving in the Peninsula in 1813. Resigning his commission in 1814 he rejoined with the rank of Cornet and fought with the Regiment at Waterloo and took part in Uxbridge’s charge against d’Erlon’s corps. In 1821 he took the surname Nicholson by Royal Licence. He died in 1862 aged 82. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
W Britain (Britains) Special Collectors Edition figures, comprising 8810 The Grenadier Guards set, boxed; three 40203 (The William Britain Collectors Club 2001) Scots Guards Cornet players, each boxed; two 40107 (The William Britain Collectors Club 1999/2000) Scots Guards Corporal present arms, each boxed; others, each boxed (10)
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