MINIATURE MEDALS 971
A mounted group of five miniature dress medals attributed to Brevet Major W. H. Goldfinch, Manchester Regiment, late North Staffordshire Regiment
QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tranvaal, Wittebergen; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps; TURKEY, ORDER OF MEDJIDIE, silver, gold and enamel; KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Firket, Hafir, mounted as worn, very fine (5)
£300-400 The recipient’s full-size medals were sold in D.N.W. November 2015, lot 581.
William Horsman Goldfinch was born at Hillingdon, Uxbridge in January 1867, the son of a barrister and, having passed for the Militia in 1890, was commissioned in the North Staffordshire Regiment. Embarked for South Africa in the same year, and thence for Mauritius in 1891 and Malta in March 1893, he was advanced to Captain during the course of the latter appointment.
Goldfinch was next embarked for Egypt, where he served from October 1895 to December 1896 on attachment to the Egyptian Army. He consequently participated in the Dongola Expedition in the Desert Column under Burn-Murdoch and was present in the actions at Firket and Hafir (Queen’s Medal; Khedive’s Medal & 2 clasps). At Firket, where he was the only officer of the North Staffordshire Regiment engaged, he commanded a Maxim section, and, as recounted in Alford’s and Sword’s The Egyptian Soudan, Its Loss and Recovery, was seen pulling his gun over rough ground in order to get closer to the enemy.
He was mentioned in despatches by Kitchener (London Gazette 3 November 1896, refers), awarded the 4th Class of the Order of Medjidie and given the Brevet of Major.
Having then transferred to the Manchester Regiment, Goldfinch saw further action in the Boer War, where he was actively engaged in the operations in Cape Colony, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, including the action at Wittebergen (Queen’s Medal & 3 clasp; King’s medal & 2 clasps). He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901, refers), and placed on the Retired List in the rank of Brevet Major.
972
ORDER OF THE BATH, Military Division, gold and enamel, ring suspension, centre loose, some enamel damage; ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL & ST. GEORGE, gilt and enamel; ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE, silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar, enamel damage; ROYAL VICTORIANORDER, silver-gilt and enamel; ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 2nd type, Officer’s (O.B.E.) Military Division, gilt; ORDER OF ST. JOHN, silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; Group of five: MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R.; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899 -1902. 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn; ARMY GOLD CROSS, for Orthes, Nivelle, Nive and Toulouse, gilt modern production; SOUTHAFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879; EGYPT&SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai - these two with edge bruising and contact marks, poor; KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880; FRANCE, ST. HELENA MEDAL; MEDAILLE MILITAIRE, enamelled; CROIX DE GUERRE 1914-1918; ITALY, AL VALORE MILITARE, bronze; GERMANY, PRUSSIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1848-49, on bow ribbon; other medals (1); lapel badge (1) enamelled; bow ribbon without miniature (1) generally very fine and better except where stated (22)
£100-140
973
SUTLEJ 1845-46, plain reverse exergue, 1 clasp, Sobraon (John Miller) contemporary struck piece with disc set into separate mount, reverse of clasp attached to wide silver bar suspension and fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly very fine
£150-200 The only John Miller on the Sutlej medal rolls is a Lieutenant in the 10th Foot, entitled to the medal for Sobraon.
Hart’s Army List for 1871 states: ‘Lt. Colonel Miller served with the 10th Regt. in the Sutlej campaign in 1846, and was present in the battle of Sobraon (Medal). Served with the 3rd Dragoon Guards in the Abyssinian campaign, and commanded cavalry outposts on the Bashilo River during the storming and capture of Magdala (Mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt. Colonel, and Medal).’
Ensign 10th Foot, from 77th Foot, 8 November 1842; Lieutenant, 4 June 1845; Captain, 3rd Dragoon Guards, 2 October 1855; Major, 4 August 1863; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 15 August 1868; Lieutenant-Colonel, 13th Hussars, 18 October 1873; Colonel, 27 May 1875; Major-General, 25 July 1883.
974
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (3), all with silver ribbon buckles, two by Hunt & Roskell, one by Allan & Hayes; INDIANMUTINY 1857-59 (2), no clasp, with silver ribbon buckle; 1 clasp, Central India; QUEEN‘S SOUTH AFRICA 1899 -1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen; KING‘S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, these last two mounted as a pair, generally good very fine or better (7)
£140-180
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