Lot 909
909
A Victorian K.C.B. Group of Six to Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Whitmore, Late 30th Regiment, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander's (K.C.B.), Military Division, set of insignia, comprising neck Badge, gold and enamel (Hallmarks for London, 1882), and breast Star, silver, with gold and enamel appliqu centre; Crimea, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol [tailo's copies] (Majr., 30th Regt., A.D.C. to Lt. Genl. Sir G. Brown), old re-engraved naming; France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier's breast Badge, silver and enamel, with gold centre; Turkey, Order of the Medjidjie, Fifth Class breast Badge, silver, with gold and enamel centre; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, unnamed, the French Badge badly chipped and damaged, the remainder very fine and better, together with related Dress Miniatures (12)

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A Victorian K.C.B. Group of Six to Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Whitmore, Late 30th Regiment, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander's (K.C.B.), Military Division, set of insignia, comprising neck Badge, gold and enamel (Hallmarks for London, 1882), and breast Star, silver, with gold and enamel appliqu centre; Crimea, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol [tailo's copies] (Majr., 30th Regt., A.D.C. to Lt. Genl. Sir G. Brown), old re-engraved naming; France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier's breast Badge, silver and enamel, with gold centre; Turkey, Order of the Medjidjie, Fifth Class breast Badge, silver, with gold and enamel centre; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, unnamed, the French Badge badly chipped and damaged, the remainder very fine and better, together with related Dress Miniatures (12)
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Lot Essay

K.C.B. London Gazette 1.12.1882.

Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Augustus Whitmore, K.C.B., first entered the British Army as an Ensign in August 1841 and was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel shortly after the Crimea War. In the latter conflict he served as an A.D.C. to Sir George Brown and had his horse shot from under him at the Battle of Inkermann. His foreign awards are confirmed in Hart's. Sir Edmund attained the rank of Lieutenant-General in March 1878, prior to his appointment to the Order of the Bath.