Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A pair of miniature dress medals attributed to Captain H. A. Egerton

Crimea, no clasp, 12mm; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, 14mm, silver, gold and enamel, bearing suspended from a composite riband bearing two full-size but copy clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol, contained within an oval glass-fronted case, 155mm x 135mm, good very fine (2) £80-£100

Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002.

A paper with details of the recipient is pasted on to the back of the case. Some of the details: ‘Hugh Aldersey Egerton, born 7th February 1834, died 5th October 1913, Capain, South Australian Kapurda Rifle Volunteer Force 25th February 1860’.