Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 48 24 Sep 2020
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World Orders, Decorations and Medals, Grenadier Guards, Crimean War, the Bentinck Medal for Distinguished Conduct, silver specimen, unnamed and unissued, by Abraham David Loewenstark, signed ADL & S, Regimental cypher, GRENADIER GUARDS above, rev. FROM MAJ.-GEN. BENTINCK TO IN RECOGNITION OF THE RECIPIENT'S DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN THE CRIMEA 1854-5, 35mm., without suspender, choice, virtually mint state and lightly toned, an extreme rarity
*ex Baldwin's vault
When selling the medal awarded to Sergeant William Harding, Dix, Noonan Webb (16 December 2010, lot 1337) stated, 'Fewer than 20 of these regimental bravery medals are thought to have been presented'. Ernest J. Martin, in the Household Brigade Magazine, Winter 1951, put the figure at 12. This is quoted by Michael Springman, The Guards Brigade in the Crimea, 2008. The same auction house sold a similar unnamed specimen, though with its suspender, 19-20 July 2017 (lot 1321). Major-General Sir Henry Bentinck commanded the Guards Brigade and later the 4th Division in the Crimea. His intention had been to issue a Reward Medal for all three Guards Regiments, but the Coldstream Guards refused to accept theirs, stating that as Bentinck was himself a Coldstreamer, their medals should have been presented first.
(200-300 GBP)
*ex Baldwin's vault
When selling the medal awarded to Sergeant William Harding, Dix, Noonan Webb (16 December 2010, lot 1337) stated, 'Fewer than 20 of these regimental bravery medals are thought to have been presented'. Ernest J. Martin, in the Household Brigade Magazine, Winter 1951, put the figure at 12. This is quoted by Michael Springman, The Guards Brigade in the Crimea, 2008. The same auction house sold a similar unnamed specimen, though with its suspender, 19-20 July 2017 (lot 1321). Major-General Sir Henry Bentinck commanded the Guards Brigade and later the 4th Division in the Crimea. His intention had been to issue a Reward Medal for all three Guards Regiments, but the Coldstream Guards refused to accept theirs, stating that as Bentinck was himself a Coldstreamer, their medals should have been presented first.
(200-300 GBP)