Beschreibung:

The Important Peninsular Group to General Sir Robert Harvey 53rd Regiment, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General to the British Army, Quartermaster General and Second-in-Command under Marshal Beresford of the Portuguese Army (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a scarce 'Duke of Clarence' type Companion's (C.B.), breast Badge, Military Division, in gold ( Hallmarks for London 1828 ) and enamel, by A. J. Strachan, some minor enamel damage , with its original wide gold suspension bar and gold riband buckle, in contemporary red leather case (b) Field Officer's Gold Medal, for Orthes, within its original gold rim inscribed "Lieut. Coll. R. Harvey, Asst. Qr. Mr. Genl. Portug. Tps.", with original crystal lunettes and gold riband buckle, in contemporary red leather case (c) Military General Service Medal, 1793-1814, nine clasps, Busaco, Cuidad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (Sir R. J. Harvey C.B. Major Portse. Serce. & A.Q.M.G.) (d) PORTUGAL, Order of the Tower and the Sword, Commander's breast Badge, gold and enamel, laureate head of King John in obverse centre, some white enamel damage to three rays , with gold riband buckle (e) PORTUGAL, Order of St. Benedict of Aviz, Knight Commander's set of insignia, neck Badge, gold and enamel, Star, silver, gold and enamel, some gold appliqués missing from star (f) PORTUGAL, an extremely rare Commander's Cross for Ten Actions, gold ( Hallmarks for London 1823 ), and enamel, by J. J. Edington, laureate head of the King of Portugal in obverse and reverse centre, with gold bar suspension, and gold riband buckle (g) PORTUGAL, Gold Cross for Six Campaigns, English type, ( Hallmarks for London 1819 ) by A. J. Strachan, edge inscribed "Te. Corb. Sir Robt. Harvey A.Q.M.G.", with gold bar suspension and gold riband buckle, except where stated the group extremely fine (h) A very rare Iberian Presentation Sabre, the hollow-ground 31 inch long single-edged blade engraved on one side "Roberto Joanni Harvey Beneficorum memores & a Setembre 1810" and on the other side with the nineteen names of the "Capitaens Mores", "Commandantes de Guerrillias" (many of these being "Reverendos Padres"), "Officiaes das Reverendos", and "Sargentos Mores" the list headed by "Fernando Tu della Governador Militar da Guarda" and concluding with "Curante Josepho de Oliviera Leitao Patrio suo defentionem gerente", the hilt with gilt-brass guard cast and chased with acanthus leaves and crescents, the quillons terminating in acanthus leaves, ebony grip with two gilt-brass rosettes each side, the pommel pierced for the original bullion sword-knot ( this damaged ), with original leather scabbard with shaped gilt-brass mounts cast and chased with foliate decoration, complete with belt of green leather ( worn and damaged ) embroidered with crescents and stars in silver thread ( originally gilt ) and with gilt-brass mounts ( one missing ), with applied silver lion-mask bosses, the s-shaped buckle formed as a double-headed serpent (i) A black and white print, 42 cm. x 33 cm., by Thomas Lupton, after the painting by George Clint of Major General Sir Robert Harvey in uniform (1844) (9)