Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An unusual ‘Crimean War’ Continental Miniature group of eight

An unattributed group of eight ‘continental’ size miniature awards mounted from a triple braided gilt chain, comprising Baltic Medal 1854-55; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, (Military) gold and enamel; Crimea 1854-56, no clasp; Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel (2); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (3), with gold fixing pins at both ends, the chain partly broken at the centre, and with the remnants of a further Order, of which only a crown suspension remains, generally very fine (8) £100-£140

Note: Although all three Turkish Crimea Medals are the Sardinian issue (with Sardinian flag at centre), one of them bears the inscription ‘Crimea 1855’ normally seen on the British issue.