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Pair: Captain R. Coote, 46th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. R. Coote. 4...
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Pair: Captain R. Coote, 46th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. R. Coote. 46th. Regt.) regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’ (Captn. R. Coote. 46th. Reg.) engraved naming, the latter fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Richard Coote was born at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, on 13 January 1836 and was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 11 November 1853. He was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 22 September 1854, and served with the Regiment in the Crimea, before going on leave from 18 September 1855. Promoted Captain, by purchase, on 24 August 1858, he exchanged into the 29th Regiment of Foot on 12 October 1860, and then to the 6th Dragoon Guards on 18 March 1862, before retiring on 29 November 1864. Sold with copied research, which indicates that Coote was the owner of the dog ‘Boxer’, who was killed whilst trying to save his master from a shell in the tenches before Sebastopol, and is referenced in Lady Hornby’s book ‘Constantinople During the Crimean War.
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Pair: Captain R. Coote, 46th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. R. Coote. 46th. Regt.) regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’ (Captn. R. Coote. 46th. Reg.) engraved naming, the latter fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Richard Coote was born at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, on 13 January 1836 and was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 11 November 1853. He was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 22 September 1854, and served with the Regiment in the Crimea, before going on leave from 18 September 1855. Promoted Captain, by purchase, on 24 August 1858, he exchanged into the 29th Regiment of Foot on 12 October 1860, and then to the 6th Dragoon Guards on 18 March 1862, before retiring on 29 November 1864. Sold with copied research, which indicates that Coote was the owner of the dog ‘Boxer’, who was killed whilst trying to save his master from a shell in the tenches before Sebastopol, and is referenced in Lady Hornby’s book ‘Constantinople During the Crimean War.
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