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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 114

A Fine Naval ´Casualty´ Crimea Group of Six to Captain J.G.C. Evered, Royal Navy, Who Having Served in H.M.S. Queen For the First Bombardment of Sebastopol, Served Ashore with the Naval Brigade For All the Subsequent Bombardments Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, with contemporary silver top riband bar; China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier´s breast Badge, 1852-70 type, 62mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver, gold, and enamel, obverse Napoleon III facing right, with inscription ´Napoleon Emp. des Francais´, reverse Imperial Eagle facing left damage to enamel throughout, with contemporary silver riband Buckle; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast Badge, silver, gold applique, and enamel; Italy, Sardinia, Al Valore Militaire, silver, reverse ´Spedizione D´Oriente 1855-56´, and ´F.G.´ below the wreath, reverse officially engraved ´Lieut J.G.C.Evered N. Bde´; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, pierced for ring suspension, as issued, with contemporary silver riband buckle, generally good very fine unless otherwise stated (6) Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 1.5.1857 Lieutenant John Guy Courtenay Evered, R.N. Turkey, Order of the Medjidieh, 5th Class London Gazette 3.4.1858 John Guy Courtenay Evered, R.N. Captain John Guy Courtenay Evered, R.N., passed his examination, 1852, and served as Senior Mate in H.M.S. Queen (Captain F.T. Michell) during the Crimean War; and was present in her for the attack on Fort Constantine, Sebastopol, 17.10.1854; promoted Lieutenant the following month; Evered was made an Additional of the Britannia and the Royal Albert and served ashore with the Naval Brigade for 8 months, in which capacity, ´´he was present at every bombardment of Sebastopol but the first, and was once wounded´´ (O´´Byrne´´s Biographical Dictionary refers); served in H.M.S. Princess Charlotte (Captain G. St. Vincent King), 1857-59; served in H.M.S. Fury and H.M.S. Nankin (Commodore Hon. Keith Stewart), off the Coast of China; served in H.M.S. Conqueror, from 1860; Commander 1861; Retired Captain 1876. For the Queen´´s South Africa Medal to Private T.H. Evered see Lot 336.

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