A contemporary mounted V.C group of four attributed to Lieutenant-General John Guise, 90th Light Infantry, comprising: Victoria Cross; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, with original ribbons, mounted as worn from a silver brooch-bar with gold pin, very fine (4) £800-1000

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular April 1998. The same Company sold the full-size group in October 1997.

Captain John Guise was awarded the Victoria Cross, London Gazette 24 December 1858, ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action on the 16 and 17 November 1857, at Lucknow. Elected by Officers of the Regiment.’