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The Highly Important and Exceptionally Rare Group of Honorary Awards, Distinctions and Medals to Field Marshal Lord FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855), ADC to the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. He commanded the British Army in the Crimean War a) A Field Marshal's Baton. Given to the 1st Baron Raglan, the base engraved 'From Her Majesty Alexandrina Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Field Marshal The Lord Raglan G.C.B. 1855", maker's mark WN for William Neal, Hallmarks for 18 carat gold, London and 1854, the Baton surmounted by St. George and the Dragon, similarly marked b) Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Military Division, Star, silver, gold and enamel, with original sash riband, by Storr and Mortimer c) Army Gold Cross for the actions of Fuentes de Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca and Vittoria, with five clasps for Toulouse, Orthes, Nive, Nivelle and Pyrenees (Lieut. Colonel Lord FitzRoy Somerset), gold buckle to riband d) Small Army Gold Medal for Fuentes De Onor, with two clasps for Badajoz and Salamanca (Major Lord FitzRoy Somerset) e) Military General Service Medal, 1793-1814, five clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo (Lord FitzRoy Somerset, G.C.B. A.D.C.) f) Waterloo Medal, 1815 (Lieut.-Col. Lord FitzRoy J.H. Somerset, K.C.B., 1st G.) g) Crimea Medal, 1854-6, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Field Marshal Lord Raglan), engraved in large sans serif capital letters h) Austria, Order of Maria Theresa, Knight's breast Badge, gold and enamel, circa 1815 i) Portugal, Order of the Tower and Sword, Grand Cross set of insignia, Badge in gold, Star in silver, gold and enamel j) Russia, Order of St. George, 4th Class breast Badge, circa 1815, gold and enamel, unmarked Received the Order on 6 August 1816 k) Turkey, Order of Medjidie, Knight Grand Commander set of insignia, Badge and Star in silver, gold and enamel, of European manufacture l) A superb presentation set of miniature awards, in gold, silver and enamel, mounted on a rectangular bar comprising, from left to right Russia Order of St. George, Portugal Order of the Tower and Sword, Army Gold Cross, Bavaria Order of Maximilian Joseph, Waterloo Medal, and five miniature gold clasps for Toulouse, Orthes, Nives, Nivelle and Pyrenees to the Gold Cross above, the reverse with applied monogram and engraved 'Given by Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg to Lord FitzRoy Somerset,' circa 1816, in original case with related note in the hand of Lord FitzRoy Somerset [ with ] a letter signed by Frederick, Duke of York as commander-in-chief to FitzRoy, 1st Baron Raglan (as Lord FitzRoy Somerset), Horse Guards, 21 September 1813, 'His Royal Highness the Prince Regent having been graciously pleased to Command that you should be permitted to bear a Medal in Commemoration of the Battle of Fuentes de Onor [sic] and Clasps for the Seige [sic] and Capture of Badajos, and the Battle of Salamanca, I have the Satisfaction to transmit to you the Medal and Two Clasps, which, by Order of His Royal Highness, have been prepared for the occasion', 1½ pages, 4to , bifolium, contemporary docket (15)