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Auction: 8010 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 110

A Fine Gold C.B. Group of Six to Colonel C.W.N. Guinness, Seaforth Highlanders, Who Was Twice Mentioned in Despatches For His Service During the Second Afghan War, 1878-80, Where He Served as Brigade Major to Brigadier-General H.T. Macpherson, V.C.; He Was Also Mentioned in Despatches for the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir, 13.9.1882 a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) breast Badge, gold (Hallmarks for London 1886) and enamel, obverse centre slightly loose, with integral gold riband buckle b) Afghanistan 1878-80, four clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (Capt: C.W.N. Guinness: 72nd Highrs.), light contact marks c) Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Major C.W.N. Guinness 72nd Highlanders) d) Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lt. Col: C.W.N. Guinness. 1/Sea: Highrs.) e) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Fifth Class breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor green enamel damage f) Khedive´s Star 1882, reverse engraved ´C.W.N. Guinness´, otherwise good very fine, mounted for display (6) Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 C.B. London Gazette 5.1.1888 Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Charles Wolfran Nugent Guinness, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany´´s). Colonel Charles Wolfran Nugent Guinness, C.B., commissioned Ensign 72nd Highlanders, 1860; Captain 1869; served with the regiment throughout the Afghan War (1878-80), with the Keorum, Kabul and Kabul-Kandahar Field Forces, part of the time as Brigade Major to Brigadier General Macpherson, V.C., C.B. (Later Major-General G.C.B., K.C.S.I.); present at the attack and capture of Peiwar Kotal, the repulse of the enemy´´s attack on the rear-guard at Zaidabad, and in the engagements at Charasiab; served during the operations around Kabul in December 1879 (Mentioned in Despatches); accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the march to Kandahar, and was present at the battle of Kandahar (Mentioned in Despatches; Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel); served with the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders in the Egyptian War, 1882 and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Mentioned in Despatches; Order of Osmania); advanced Colonel 1885.

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