Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major J. H. Hussey, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh Fourth Class

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Capt: J. H. Hussey. 4th. Dn. Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily (rather crudely) engraved ‘J H H 4DG’, light contact marks, good very fine (2) £400-£500

John Hubert Hussey was commissioned Second Lieutenant, by purchase, in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 22 October 1870, and was promoted Lieutenant on 28 October 1871, and Captain on 14 December 1878. He served with the 4th Dragoon Guards in the Egyptian campaign of 1882, and was present in the engagements at El Magfar and Tel-el-Mahuta, the two actions at Kassasin, the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, and the capture of Cairo. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches, promoted Brevet Major on 18 November 1882, and was awarded the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh Fourth Class.