Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

A Scottish Naval and Military Academy Prize Medal attributed to Colonel Thomas Cadell, V.C., C.B., 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers

Silver Prize Medal, Scottish hallmarks, 42mm, obverse with badge of St Andrew’s cross, and around ‘Scottish Naval and Military Academy’, reverse inscribed ‘General Merit 1st Session, 2nd Prize, Mr Thos. Cadell, 22nd July 1853’, with straight swivelling suspension and ornate ribbon bar, obverse inscribed ‘Junr. Mathematics’, reverse inscribed ‘Mr Thos. Cadell, 1st Prize, 22nd July 1853’, good very fine £200-250

Colonel Thomas Cadell was born in Cockenzie, East Lothian, Scotland on 5 September 1835. He won his V.C. on 12 June 1857 during the Indian Mutiny, whilst serving as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers. His cousin S. H. Lawrence, 32nd Regiment also gained the award of the V.C. during the Indian Mutiny.