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The mounted group of eleven miniature dress medals won by Colonel C. W. Profeit, Royal Army...
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The mounted group of eleven miniature dress medals won by Colonel C. W. Profeit, Royal Army Medical Corps
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, the reverse stamped ‘18ct’, with an onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria at centre, with integral top gold riband bar; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top gold riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with later M.I.D. oak leaf; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1911, silver, mounted court-style as worn, minor enamel damage to CMG, otherwise generally good very fine and better (11) £700-£900
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Provenance: Colonel D. G. B. Riddick Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards).
C.S.I. London Gazette 10 June 1921:
‘For services during the operations in Waziristan (to be dated 1 August 1920)’
C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1918:
‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’
D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917:
‘For distinguished service in the Field.’
Charles William Profeit was born at Tarland, Aberdeenshire on 23 August 1870, the second son of Dr Alexander Profeit, Commissioner to Queen Victoria at Balmoral. Educated at Aberdeen University, he qualified with a M.B. and C.M. in 1893. Commissioned a Surgeon-Lieutenant in January 1895 and promoted to Surgeon-Captain in January 1898, he served with the R.A.M.C. in the Boer War. He was present in the advance upon Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. Operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River and Zand River. Operations in the Transvaal in May/June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill. Operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July-November 1900, including the action at Belfast. He was promoted to Major in October 1906.
Profeit served during the Great War and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1915 and was Temporary Colonel whilst A.D.M.S. of a division, January 1916. For his services he was five times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 19 October 1914, 17 February 1915, 4 January 1917, 24 December 1917, 30 December 1918), was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Post-war, he served on the North-West Frontier of India, being again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920) and was created a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. Placed on Retired Pay in 1924, he died on 5 February 1937.
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, the reverse stamped ‘18ct’, with an onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria at centre, with integral top gold riband bar; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top gold riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with later M.I.D. oak leaf; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1911, silver, mounted court-style as worn, minor enamel damage to CMG, otherwise generally good very fine and better (11) £700-£900
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Provenance: Colonel D. G. B. Riddick Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards).
C.S.I. London Gazette 10 June 1921:
‘For services during the operations in Waziristan (to be dated 1 August 1920)’
C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1918:
‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’
D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917:
‘For distinguished service in the Field.’
Charles William Profeit was born at Tarland, Aberdeenshire on 23 August 1870, the second son of Dr Alexander Profeit, Commissioner to Queen Victoria at Balmoral. Educated at Aberdeen University, he qualified with a M.B. and C.M. in 1893. Commissioned a Surgeon-Lieutenant in January 1895 and promoted to Surgeon-Captain in January 1898, he served with the R.A.M.C. in the Boer War. He was present in the advance upon Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. Operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River and Zand River. Operations in the Transvaal in May/June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill. Operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July-November 1900, including the action at Belfast. He was promoted to Major in October 1906.
Profeit served during the Great War and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1915 and was Temporary Colonel whilst A.D.M.S. of a division, January 1916. For his services he was five times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 19 October 1914, 17 February 1915, 4 January 1917, 24 December 1917, 30 December 1918), was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Post-war, he served on the North-West Frontier of India, being again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920) and was created a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. Placed on Retired Pay in 1924, he died on 5 February 1937.
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The mounted group of eleven miniature dress medals won by Colonel C. W. Profeit, Royal Army Medical Corps
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, the reverse stamped ‘18ct’, with an onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria at centre, with integral top gold riband bar; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top gold riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with later M.I.D. oak leaf; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1911, silver, mounted court-style as worn, minor enamel damage to CMG, otherwise generally good very fine and better (11) £700-£900
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Provenance: Colonel D. G. B. Riddick Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards).
C.S.I. London Gazette 10 June 1921:
‘For services during the operations in Waziristan (to be dated 1 August 1920)’
C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1918:
‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’
D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917:
‘For distinguished service in the Field.’
Charles William Profeit was born at Tarland, Aberdeenshire on 23 August 1870, the second son of Dr Alexander Profeit, Commissioner to Queen Victoria at Balmoral. Educated at Aberdeen University, he qualified with a M.B. and C.M. in 1893. Commissioned a Surgeon-Lieutenant in January 1895 and promoted to Surgeon-Captain in January 1898, he served with the R.A.M.C. in the Boer War. He was present in the advance upon Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. Operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River and Zand River. Operations in the Transvaal in May/June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill. Operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July-November 1900, including the action at Belfast. He was promoted to Major in October 1906.
Profeit served during the Great War and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1915 and was Temporary Colonel whilst A.D.M.S. of a division, January 1916. For his services he was five times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 19 October 1914, 17 February 1915, 4 January 1917, 24 December 1917, 30 December 1918), was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Post-war, he served on the North-West Frontier of India, being again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920) and was created a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. Placed on Retired Pay in 1924, he died on 5 February 1937.
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, the reverse stamped ‘18ct’, with an onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria at centre, with integral top gold riband bar; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top gold riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with later M.I.D. oak leaf; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1911, silver, mounted court-style as worn, minor enamel damage to CMG, otherwise generally good very fine and better (11) £700-£900
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Provenance: Colonel D. G. B. Riddick Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards).
C.S.I. London Gazette 10 June 1921:
‘For services during the operations in Waziristan (to be dated 1 August 1920)’
C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1918:
‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’
D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917:
‘For distinguished service in the Field.’
Charles William Profeit was born at Tarland, Aberdeenshire on 23 August 1870, the second son of Dr Alexander Profeit, Commissioner to Queen Victoria at Balmoral. Educated at Aberdeen University, he qualified with a M.B. and C.M. in 1893. Commissioned a Surgeon-Lieutenant in January 1895 and promoted to Surgeon-Captain in January 1898, he served with the R.A.M.C. in the Boer War. He was present in the advance upon Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. Operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River and Zand River. Operations in the Transvaal in May/June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill. Operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July-November 1900, including the action at Belfast. He was promoted to Major in October 1906.
Profeit served during the Great War and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1915 and was Temporary Colonel whilst A.D.M.S. of a division, January 1916. For his services he was five times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 19 October 1914, 17 February 1915, 4 January 1917, 24 December 1917, 30 December 1918), was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Post-war, he served on the North-West Frontier of India, being again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920) and was created a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. Placed on Retired Pay in 1924, he died on 5 February 1937.
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