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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 93

A Fine Crimea ´Al Valore Militare´ Group of Four to Staff Surgeon G. Mason, H.M.S. Albion, Royal Naval Brigade Crimea 1854-56, two clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Asst. Surgeon. Geo. Mason M.D., H.M.S. Albion.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, suspension claw loose; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Fifth Class breast Badge, 72mm including star and crescent suspension x 49mm, silver, gold applique and enamel, minor enamel damage; Turkish Crimea, British die, unnamed as issued, pierced for ring suspension; Sardinia, Al Valore Militare, silver, reverse ´Spedizione D´Oriente 1855 1856´, ´F.G.´ below the wreath, reverse officially engraved ´Mr. George Mason M.D. Naval Brigde.´, very fine, mounted as originally worn and housed in custom made frame; together with a large framed and glazed portrait of the recipient in uniform, wearing his medals (4) Estimate £ 1,000-1,400 Staff Surgeon George Mason, appointed Assistant Surgeon, Haslar Hospital, 1849; posted to Plymouth Naval Hospital, March 1850, prior to being appointed for service with H.M.S. Albion in June of the same year; commended for ´zeal... in care of wounded at Sinope´, December 1853; served with the Albion (Captain S. Lushington) during the Crimean War, and was ´promoted with seniority 18 Nov. 1854 for service at Inkermann, Sebastopol´ (service papers refer); having returned home in the Royal Albert subsequent postings included in H.M. Ships Lion and Black Prince; Staff Surgeon 1870.

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