Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 469

Five: Colonel G.W.N. Rogers, Royal Irish Regiment Jubilee 1897, silver; Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (Maj: G.W.N. Rogers. 2/R.Ir: R.); India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara 1888 (Colonel G.W.N. Rogers. 2d. Bn. R.Ir.R.); Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Fourth Class breast Badge, 82mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 60mm, silver, gold, and enamel, suspension loop tightened; Khedive´s Star 1882, unnamed, enamel damage, otherwise good very fine, mounted as originally worn, together with the recipient´s related miniature awards, shoulder title, and a large portrait photograph of the recipient (5) Estimate £ 800-1,200 Colonel George William Nesbit Rogers, born June 1846; Commissioned Ensign, Royal Irish Regiment, January 1865; promoted Lieutenant, February 1868; served with the Regiment in Malta and India from 1872; Captain, June 1876; Major, July 1881; served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt, and was present at the action of Kassasin, 9.9.1882, and at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 13.9.1882 (Mentioned in Despatches, Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, and Fourth Class Order of Osmania); served as Commandant, School of Instruction for Auxiliary Forces, Aldershot, September 1883 to March 1884; Colonel, November 1886; assumed command of the 2nd Battalion, July 1888, and commanded them during the Hazara Expedition, October to November 1888 (Mentioned in Despatches); transferred to the Reserve, March 1900.

Sold for
£2,200