Campaign Groups and Pairs

Three: Captain C. V. Fitzroy, The Rifle Brigade, late 41st RegimentCrimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Capt. C. V. Fitzroy, 41st Regt.) contemporary engraved naming in upright serif capitals, fitted with silver ribbon slide and silver ribbon buckle; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, with contemporary silver suspension fitments; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, the first with edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise generally nearly very fine or better (3) £500-£700---Charles Vane Fitzroy was born in 1836, third son of George Fitzroy, Captain 1st Life Guards and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Berkshire Militia; grandson of General Lord Charles Fitzroy. The family is descended from the illegitimate son of King Charles II and Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. He was appointed Ensign in the 41st Regiment, 6 June 1854; Lieutenant, 6 November 1854; Captain, 25 March 1856; Captain, The Rifle Brigade, 4 September 1857. Lieutenant Fitzroy served in the Crimea 1854-55, and was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol from 15 November 1854, with the 41st Regiment, including the storming of the quarries, and the assault of the Redan on 8 September 1855 (Medal and Clasp, 5th Class Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Captain Fitzroy transferred to The Rifle Brigade in September 1857, retired by sale of his commission in May 1870, and died on 1 May 1871.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk