Single Campaign Medals 447 Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lt. C. F. S. Alban, Tran. Ser.) edge nicks, therefore very fine £280-£320
C. F. S. Alban joined the Indian Staff Corps as a Probationer in September 1877, and was posted to the Bombay Staff Corps. He advanced to Lieutenant and served in the Afghan War of 1878-80, during which he took part in the defence of Kandahar, and was present at the Battle of Kandahar. He subsequently advanced to Major and served with the Burmese Expedition of 1885-86 (Mentioned in Despatches and medal with two clasps).
448 Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (Lieut: R. P. Macdonald. 67th Foot.) very fine £240-£280
Reginald Percy MacDonald was born in June 1856, and was the eldest son of Major General J. C. MacDonald. He was educated at Clifton College, and initially served in the Royal Pembroke Artillery Miltia from 1875. MacDonald was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 67th Foot in January 1878, and advanced to Lieutenant in March of the same year. He served with the Regiment in Afghanistan December 1879 - September 1880 (Medal Roll gives entitlement to no clasp medal).
MacDonald advanced to Captain in April 1884, and served with 2nd Battalion in the Burma Expedition 1885-87 (M.I.D. London Gazette 2 September 1887 - for ‘most valuable work in the pacification of the Sagain district and in the pursuit of Hla-oo’). McDonald also served during the Burma Expedition 1887-89, and particularly distinguished himself with the Mogaung Field Force (D.S.O. London Gazette 15 September 1889).
MacDonald was presented with the D.S.O. by the Queen, 1 August 1890. He advanced to Major in May 1892, and to Lieutenant Colonel in October 1902. MacDonald retired Colonel in 1897, and settled in South Africa where he served as a Staff Captain with the Transvaal Volunteers, Johannesburg.
Sold with portrait photograph of recipient in uniform and wearing medals - including a no clasp Afghanistan Medal. The photograph additionally annotated in ink ‘Reginald P. Macdonald.’ The Afghanistan 1878-80 Medal Roll also lists McDonald as being entitled to a no clasp medal, however this medal appears entirely as issued.
449 450 Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (1932. L. Corpl. P. Callaghan: 67th Foot.) edge bruise, very fine £220-£260
Approximately 39 medals with clasp ‘Bechuanaland’ awarded to the Vryburg Mounted Volunteers. Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Tpr. C. Mc.Loone. Vrybg. M. Vol.) edge bruise,
good very fine x451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 £260-£300
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (F. H. Newton. Ord: H.M.S. “Sultan”.) very fine £120-£160
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (5524, Pte. H. Blakestone, M.S. Corps.) pitting from star, therefore nearly very fine
£100-£140 Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, very fine Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine North West Canada 1885, no clasp (Pte. E. McDonald 91st W.L.I.) nearly very fine £50-£70 £40-£60 £300-£400
North West Canada 1885, no clasp (Charles Reynolds) naming engraved in upright serif capitals, re-affixed with later straight bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine
£200-£300 Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria, bronze issue, the edge officially numbered ‘177’, very fine £360-£420
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (W. G. Chapman, A.B., H.M.S. Boadicea.), nearly extremely fine £180-£220
Approximately 41 medals to gunboat H.M.S. Magpie. East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (M. McDonald, Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Magpie), officially renamed,
heavily polished, fine 460 461 462 East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (G. Munn, Ord., H.M.S. Raleigh.), very fine £100-£140 £200-£240
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (J. Kerswell, Qual. Sign, H.M.S. Phoebe.), edge knock, nearly very fine
£200-£260
Approximately 79 clasps to H.M.S Cossack. East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (J. C. Marchant, Ord., H.M.S. Cossack.), corrections to first half of
naming, good very fine
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