Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Troop Sergeant Major D. Fegan, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, later King’s Bodyguard, who served during the Belfast Riots of 1866

Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Troop Sergt. Major Maj. D. Fegan. 4/D. Gds.) rank contemporarily re-engraved; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1154... Sgt. Maj: D. Feg... Dn. Gds.) heavy pitting from Star partially obscuring naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1154 Tr. Segt. Major D. Fegan. 4th. Dn. Gds.) contemporarily renamed; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘T.S. Major. D. Fegan. R.I.D.G. 1154’; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (13 R.Q.M. Sjt. D. Fegan. King Edward’s H. Yeo.) mounted for display purposes in this order, heavy edge bruising and contact marks to the Egypt pair, the 1902 Coronation heavily worn, otherwise generally nearly very fine and better (7) £600-£800

Provenance: Spink, March 1979.

Daniel Fegan was born in Ireland in 1851, and attested for the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 20 April 1870. Advanced Troop Sergeant Major, he was discharged, medically unfit, served with them to 13th September 1887. Medically unfit, due to rheumatic fever brought on by 1886 Belfast riots, on 13 September 1887, and was awarded a Pension by the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. He was appointed a Member of the King’s Bodyguard on 20 September 1901, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 107 of 1 April 1912, whilst serving as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the Canadian Squadron, King Edward’s Horse.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient wearing his medals in the order that they appear listed above.

Note: Earlier photographs of the recipient, and his length of service, would suggest that he did not officially qualify for the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 688.