Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The individually mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Captain G. H. Knapp, 46th Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol; Italy, Sardinia, Al Valore Militare, silver, the reverse embossed ‘Spedizione d’Orient’; Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, silver, gold, and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, each individually mounted from a top silver riband buckle, nearly very fine and better (4) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002.

George Henry Knapp was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 11 March 1853, and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 June 1854. He served with the 46th Foot throughout the Crimean War, and was awarded the Sardinian Medal for Valour (one of just six awarded to the 46th Foot), his citation stating:
‘Captain George Henry Knapp was present at the battles of Alma, Inkermann, and Balaklava, and served uninterruptedly until the end of the campaign.’

Knapp was also awarded the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class.