A group of four medals named or attributed to Major Edmund John Carthew

A group of four medals named or attributed to Major Edmund John Carthew, Royal Artillery: Crimea, Clasp: Sebastopol (MAJOR CARTHEW R.A.), privately engraved in serif capitals, fine or better; France: Legion d'Honneur, Knight's badge, loss to enamel; Turkey: Order of the Medjidieh, 5th Class breast badge, reverse engraved 'MAJOR E.J. CARTHEW. R.A.', very fine; Turkey: Crimea Medal, Sardinian type, Hunt and Roskell striking, fine.

2nd Lieutenant 06/08/1846, 1st Lt. 01/02/1847, Captain 24/02/1854; Major 02/11/1855; "....in trenches with siege train before Sebastopol, and at the bombardments of April and June (6th and 17th) (Hart's Army List 1857)