1592970601000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141600 1755194555355 1711380522000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141600 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141600 da04cf96-46bb-36fc-ba0d-19c6b29697ea 7 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals The Order of the Bath as an institution dates back to a foundation by King Henry IV in 1399, but fell into oblivion between the reigns of Charles II (1660-1685) and George I (1660-1725). This latter monarch however determined upon its revival as a "regular military order". It was subsequently completely revised and extended by the Prince Regent George, establishing three classes, Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commander and Knights Companion, to the latter two of which Civil equivalents were added in 1847 by Queen Victoria. To receive admittance into the military class of the Order an office needs to hold a rank above Major (or Commander in the Navy), and to have received a gallantry medal or been mentioned in the London Gazette. This decoration is the Badge of the Order, and the details of the suspension inform us that it is as worn by Companions of the Order. It is not named, but it was awarded to Major-General Lawrence Fyler, late of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India and the East fighting for the Crown from the 1830s to the 1850s. Fyler was admitted to the Turkish Order of the Medjidie between 1855 and 1861, and this may have been his qualification for the Order of the Bath, though his entry into it may have come later in recognition of his whole career.. Fyler's medals are not all physically attached to each other, although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers them as Group 8, so the opportunity has been taken to treat them separately here. Nonetheless, it was as a group that Lester Watson bought them, from the London dealers Seaby, in 1929. CM.1503-2009 1 accession number CM.1503-2009 141600 priref 141600 Watson Catalogue 35 ordering M-0389 previous object number LW.0366a uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141600 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141600 Gold sceptre with rose, thistle and shamrock sprouting therefrom all on white enamel encircled by inscription in gilt on red enamel and gold wreathed border in green enamel, all on Maltese Cross of eight points enamelled in white with grey lining, second inscription in gilt on blue enamelled banner to lowest arm; a gold ball to each point and a gold lion passant-guardant in each angle of the cross, the whole surmounted by plumes to which suspension is attached obverse TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO design Gold sceptre with rose, thistle and shamrock sprouting therefrom all on white enamel encircled by inscription in gilt on red enamel and gold wreathed border in green enamel, all on Maltese Cross of eight points enamelled in white with grey lining, second inscription in gilt on blue enamelled banner to lowest arm; a gold ball to each point and a gold lion passant-guardant in each angle of the cross, the whole surmounted by plumes to which suspension is attached reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1847 1847 1847 1847 1929 1 1929 1929 1929 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London state reference agent-175024 adlib-agent-175024 97ae86c3-4328-3e0c-ba67-182b06de37bc Britain inferred ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Diameter mm 46.6 Weight g 45.74 reference media-116751 adlib-media-116751 0f112e4f-d029-34b7-8523-988a4a6b92f8 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0366a_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589816078 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0366a_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589816078 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0366a_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589816078 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0366a_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589816078 1 image 0 media image reference media-116752 adlib-media-116752 7003f70f-ef86-33ee-b2e4-ba9e10220f27 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0366a_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589864127 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0366a_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589864127 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0366a_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589864127 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0366a_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 156 1742589864127 1 image 1 media image reference term-123120 adlib-term-123120 03674137-35c8-32ab-b0fd-cd8f22ff80b5 Badge of the Order of the Bath (Military Class) denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122717 adlib-term-122717 140af9ad-d215-34d9-9d42-52ecb5d3fead British Army subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection. bt Seaby 1929. Left to James Fyler (nephew) on recipient's death 1873. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 5-8 reference publication-6481 adlib-publication-6481 61f1069f-835a-35ca-a5c2-f822e618f8bf Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations Awarded to the Ar reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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