Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Abyssinia 1867 (Captain H. W. Berkeley 3rd Dragn. Gds.) fitted with Bailey Coventry silver ribbon brooch, good very fine £400-£500

Henry W. Berkeley was commissioned Cornet, by purchase, in the 3rd Dragoon Guards on 13 May 1853. He was made Lieutenant on 9 October 1855; Captain, by purchase, on 29 October 1858; Brevet Major and retired on 15 August 1868; and Major, by purchase on 19 January 1870. Major Berkeley served with the 3rd Dragoon Guards in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868, was present at the storming and capture of Magdala, and commanded a piquet of the Regiment (Brevet of Major and Medal).