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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 172

(x) Pair: Major-General A.R.V. Crease, Royal Engineers, Late Turkish Contingent
Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Capt. A.R.V. Crease, Royal Engrs.); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (Major A.R.V. Crease, T.C. Engineers.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, this a contemporary tailor's copy by 'JB', generally very fine or better (2)

Major-General Anthony Reynolds Vyvyan Crease was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, 1846; served in the Crimea during the winter of 1855-56 under Sir R. H. Vivian; was appointed second in command of the Engineer Force with the Turkish Contingent, with the local rank of Major, and commanded the Engineers during the latter four months of the occupation of Kertch by the Allies (Turkish Medal); served with the Central India Field Force under Sir Hugh Rose; served as Field Engineer and commanded the 21st Company Royal Engineers during the summer of 1858, and was present at the battles of Autsee and Gwalior and capture of Gwalior; subsequent appointments included Commanding Royal Engineer, Cape of Good Hope, Natal; retired as Major-General, July 1885; died at St Leonard’s-on-Sea, 1892.

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