Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Major-General A. S. Hunter, Royal Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Arthur S. Hunter. R.A.) contemporary engraved naming in upright capitals; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1861 (Lieut. Arthur Stewart Hunter, Ryl. Arty.) name partially officially re-impressed; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Arthur S. Hunter. R.A.) contemporary engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (3) £1,200-£1,600

Glendining’s, July 1929, when sold by his widow; subsequently in Rev. Hawkes Field Collection; Glendining’s, June 1991.

Only 10 medals known to have been issued with this reverse date, this being the only one to an officer and one of only two such medals to the Royal Artillery.

Arthur Stewart Hunter was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as an Ensign on 28 February 1855; Lieutenant on 1 April 1855; Captain on 19 October 1862; Major on 5 July 1872; Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 July 1881; Colonel on 1 July 1886; and Hon. Major-General on 8 December 1886.

Major-General Hunter served in the Crimean campaign from May 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal). Also served in the field during the New Zealand war in 1861 (Medal).