Lot Archive

Lot

№ 313

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18 June 1997

Hammer Price:
£580

A rare campaign group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer P. Fitzgerald, Supply and Transport Corps, late 19th Hussars
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93 (2957 Corpl., S. & T. Corps) naming officially re-engraved; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (2957 Sergt., 19th Hussars) initial shown as ‘R’; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Sergt., S. & T. Corps.) suspension claw rivet neatly replaced; 1914-15 Star (Sub. Condr., S. & T. Corps); British War and Victory Medals (Condr., S.T.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (W.O.Cl.1., S. & T. Corps); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sergt., S. & T. Corps.) contact marks to the earlier medals but generally very fine or better (8)

Sergeant Fitgerald was serving in India with the 19th Hussars, attached to the Supply and Transport Corps. The 19th Hussars had only 4 recipients of the clasp for Chin hills, and only 5 for the Relief of Chitral. Fitzgerald’s subsequent service in Tibet, the Great War and Iraq probably makes his group unique. Sold with verification for all medals and clasps.