A great group of documents of which 3 of the 4 are signed by Queen Victoria for an officer she thought highly of.
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Queen Victoria Commissions, Etc., For Officer of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
This archive of material consists of 4 document, three of which are signed by Queen Victoria, belonging to Frederick Sayer, first commissioned into the 23rd Regiment of Foot, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
These are the documents:
- Commission as 2nd Lt. in the 23rd Foot, dated November 20, 1850, signed by Queen Victoria.
- Commission as 1st Lt. in same, dated October 20, 1852, and signed by the Queen.
- Certificate issued by the French Government, to Sayer as Chevlier in the French Legion of Honor dated 1837, signed by General Anne-Charles Lebrun, Duc de Plaisance (1775-1859, a French general who served on Napoleon’s staff during his campaigns from 1805 until the end of the Napoleonic Wars).
- License to accept and wear the French Legion of Honor, dated December 17, 1857, and this too signed by Queen Victoria.
Despite the age, and other than light soiling and folds, these documents are in fine condition. They are 100% original.
Frederic Sayers born in 1832. He was wounded at the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War which left him lame for the rest of his life. He was said to have been a favorite of the Queen, a “remarkably attractive young man and a great favorite at Court.” A letter from Queen Victoria to King Leopold of Belgium gives some indication of this. Writing from Windsor on 29 January, 1854 she says, “My dearest Uncle, you will kindly forgive my letter being short but we are going to be present this morning at the wedding of Phipp’s daughter with that handsome, lame young officer whom you remember at Osborne. It is quite an event and takes place at St. George’s Chapel which is very seldom the case….” The bride was the 18 year old daughter of Colonel the Hon. Charles Beaumont Phipps, keeper of the Queen’s Privy Purse, Treasurer of the Household of Prince Albert and the younger brother of Lord Normanby. much more.
(this lot come with some brief history on Sayer downloaded from the net.
Queen Victoria nearly reigned for 64 years. Her biography is extensive and most interesting.
A great lot, worth more individually, but I just couldn’t break it up.
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| Weight | 10 lbs |
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