Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A C.M.G. pair awarded to Captain Matthew Townsend Sale, Royal Engineers

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, with swivel ring and straight bar suspension, complete with gold buckle on ribbon; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Lieut., Royal Engrs.); together with a miniature dress medal of the latter, good very fine and better (3)
£1800-2200

C.M.G. London Gazette 8 February 1881. ‘Captain Matthew Townsend Sale, R.E., Her Majesty’s Commissioner for the settlement of the Montenegrin Frontier.’

Appointed Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers on 1 July 1861. Served in the Bhootan campaign, 1864-65 and retired as a Captain on 29 July 1898.

With a fine portrait photograph of Captain Sale in uniform, contained in a oval wooden frame, 205 x 152mm.