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A magnificent family pair of Zulu War medals awarded to Lance-Corporal F. S. Baskerville, 91...
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A magnificent family pair of Zulu War medals awarded to Lance-Corporal F. S. Baskerville, 91st Foot, and his brother Sapper Joshua Baskerville, Royal Engineers, both in card mounts beautifully illuminated by the latter’s elder brother South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2409 Lce. Corpl. F. S. Baskerville, 91st Foot) in a card mount beautifully illuminated by himself, signed at the bottom ‘Designed and Illuminated by F. S. Baskerville. Belfast’ but with a dedication to another member of the family which reads, ‘In Memoriam. Robert Baskerville, late Army Schoolmaster, 1st Battn. 11th Regt; Died at Colombo, Ceylon, 12th May 1886, Aged 41 Years’, in a modern frame, excellent condition South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (13139 Sapper, J. Baskerville, R.E.) in a card mount beautifully illuminated with two vignettes, one of ‘Ekowe, Zululand’, the other of ‘Gibraltar’, with dedication which reads, ‘Sacred to the Memory of Joshua G Baskerville, late Royal Engineers - Aged 32, who died at Holywood on the 14th May 1893, and was interred in Holywood Cemetery’, signed at the bottom ‘Designed & Illuminated by his Brother, F. S. Baskerville, Belfast.’, in a modern frame, excellent condition (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Joshua Gideon Baskerville was born at Hackney, London, in 1861 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Dublin on 29 July 1875, aged 15 years 1 month. He was appointed Bugler in March 1876, attained 17 years of age in June 1877, and was posted to the ranks as Sapper on 1 January 1878. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope from 2 December 1878 to 30 December 1879; at Gibraltar until 31 August 1882; and the remainder at Home until his final discharge as a Corporal, ‘unfit for further service,’ on 11 January 1893. His discharge papers note ‘Zulu 1879 - Present at the battle of Inyeazani 22 Jan ‘79 & blockade of Ekowe 23 Jan to 3 April ‘79 - S. Africa 1879 - with clasp’. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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A magnificent family pair of Zulu War medals awarded to Lance-Corporal F. S. Baskerville, 91st Foot, and his brother Sapper Joshua Baskerville, Royal Engineers, both in card mounts beautifully illuminated by the latter’s elder brother South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2409 Lce. Corpl. F. S. Baskerville, 91st Foot) in a card mount beautifully illuminated by himself, signed at the bottom ‘Designed and Illuminated by F. S. Baskerville. Belfast’ but with a dedication to another member of the family which reads, ‘In Memoriam. Robert Baskerville, late Army Schoolmaster, 1st Battn. 11th Regt; Died at Colombo, Ceylon, 12th May 1886, Aged 41 Years’, in a modern frame, excellent condition South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (13139 Sapper, J. Baskerville, R.E.) in a card mount beautifully illuminated with two vignettes, one of ‘Ekowe, Zululand’, the other of ‘Gibraltar’, with dedication which reads, ‘Sacred to the Memory of Joshua G Baskerville, late Royal Engineers - Aged 32, who died at Holywood on the 14th May 1893, and was interred in Holywood Cemetery’, signed at the bottom ‘Designed & Illuminated by his Brother, F. S. Baskerville, Belfast.’, in a modern frame, excellent condition (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Joshua Gideon Baskerville was born at Hackney, London, in 1861 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Dublin on 29 July 1875, aged 15 years 1 month. He was appointed Bugler in March 1876, attained 17 years of age in June 1877, and was posted to the ranks as Sapper on 1 January 1878. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope from 2 December 1878 to 30 December 1879; at Gibraltar until 31 August 1882; and the remainder at Home until his final discharge as a Corporal, ‘unfit for further service,’ on 11 January 1893. His discharge papers note ‘Zulu 1879 - Present at the battle of Inyeazani 22 Jan ‘79 & blockade of Ekowe 23 Jan to 3 April ‘79 - S. Africa 1879 - with clasp’. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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