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Auction archive: Lot number 1198

A grouping related to the award of the Victoria Cross to Major E.D. Brown in the Boer War

Estimate
US$7,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 1198

A grouping related to the award of the Victoria Cross to Major E.D. Brown in the Boer War

Estimate
US$7,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Effects of Trumpeter H.J.D. Leigh, 14th Hussars, comprising: 1) "How He Won The V.C.", by Gilbert Stuart Wright, oil on canvas, depicting Major E.D. Brown leading a wounded man (presumed to be Trumpeter Leigh) to safety on the back of his own horse. On original stretcher bars, with title and artist inscribed on reverse; 2) Medal group of Trumpeter (later Q.M. Sarjeant) H.J.D. Leigh, 14th Hussars, including Queen's South Africa with bars Belfast, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights and Cape Colony, King's South Africa with both bars, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Royal Army Long Service Good Conduct medal, George V coronation medal, lacking victory medal and mounted in a framed display with incorrect order of precedence; 3) One volume: Historical Record of the 14th (King's) Hussars, 1715-1900 by Col. H.B. Hamilton, frontispiece inscribed Presented to Trumpet Major W. Leigh by Colonel R.C. Stephen DSO, Commdg. 14th Kings Hussars - Mhow, Central India, 1911. Entry on page 419 mentions Brown carrying a trumpeter out of action, with penciled margin note "My brother Henry." Condition: 1) Very good, some surface dirt and soiling, slight losses of paint at extreme lower right corner; 2) All very fine or better, with edge knocks to QSA and KSA, Death Plaque polished, frame damaged and unserviceable; 3) Fair, covers loose, binding cloth chipped, soiled, and separating from spine. See illustration.

Auction archive: Lot number 1198
Auction:
Datum:
15 May 2007
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Effects of Trumpeter H.J.D. Leigh, 14th Hussars, comprising: 1) "How He Won The V.C.", by Gilbert Stuart Wright, oil on canvas, depicting Major E.D. Brown leading a wounded man (presumed to be Trumpeter Leigh) to safety on the back of his own horse. On original stretcher bars, with title and artist inscribed on reverse; 2) Medal group of Trumpeter (later Q.M. Sarjeant) H.J.D. Leigh, 14th Hussars, including Queen's South Africa with bars Belfast, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights and Cape Colony, King's South Africa with both bars, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Royal Army Long Service Good Conduct medal, George V coronation medal, lacking victory medal and mounted in a framed display with incorrect order of precedence; 3) One volume: Historical Record of the 14th (King's) Hussars, 1715-1900 by Col. H.B. Hamilton, frontispiece inscribed Presented to Trumpet Major W. Leigh by Colonel R.C. Stephen DSO, Commdg. 14th Kings Hussars - Mhow, Central India, 1911. Entry on page 419 mentions Brown carrying a trumpeter out of action, with penciled margin note "My brother Henry." Condition: 1) Very good, some surface dirt and soiling, slight losses of paint at extreme lower right corner; 2) All very fine or better, with edge knocks to QSA and KSA, Death Plaque polished, frame damaged and unserviceable; 3) Fair, covers loose, binding cloth chipped, soiled, and separating from spine. See illustration.

Auction archive: Lot number 1198
Auction:
Datum:
15 May 2007
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
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