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* FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF GENERAL J.E. GOODWYN C.B.
COLT, LONDON
AN HISTORIC CASED .36 PERCUSSION ENGRAVED SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL '1851 NAVY', serial no. 208,
for 1853, with 7 1/2in. octagonal barrel, the top-flat signed 'ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW-YORK CITY', scroll engraved at muzzle, border and scroll engraving at breech, London proofs, plain cylinder with roll engraved scene, open iron colour-hardened frame with scroll engraving, border and scroll engraved silver plated brass back-strap and round-backed trigger-guard, smooth walnut one-piece grip, engraved hinged under-barrel rammer, the whole with strong traces of finish, COMPLETE WITH a period oak case, compartmented and lined in maroon velvet (faded) and including an 'L' shaped nipple key, iron ball and bullet mould, Eley cap-tin, an oil-bottle and a small bag-shaped powder flask signed 'James Dixon & Son Sheffield', model 'FIREPROOF'
Provenance: Julius Edmund Goodwyn C.B. (1824-1890) was born in Middlesex on the 21st Feb, 1824, the son of Thomas Wildman Goodwyn and Elizabeth, of Blackheath.
He entered the British Army as Ensign in the 41st Regiment of Foot on the 5th January 1844, and by May 1850 he had attained the rank of Captain (by purchase) in the same regiment. In September 1854 with the 1st Battalion 41st Regiment of Foot, Captain Goodwyn landed in the Crimea and subsequently fought in the Battle of Alma, where he was promoted to Major, the Siege of Sebastopol, the Battle at Inkerman, where he was temporarily promoted to Lt. Colonel of the 41st following the death of his commanding officer Colonel Eman, a position made permanent on the 8th Sept 1855. He was wounded in the first attack on the Redan on the 18th June 1855. The 41st Regiment of Foot departed the Crimea in 1856.
For his services in the Crimean War Colonel Goodwyn received the Crimea Medal with three clasps, the 5th Class of the Medjidie, the Turkish Medal, and was created a Knight of the Legion d'Honneur. On the 2nd January 1857 he was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
From the 18th May 1857 to 30th April 1860 Julius was posted in the West Indies, and in March of 1858 he was commissioned as Colonel of the 41st Regiment of Foot. During this posting in the West Indies he married Euphemia Alexandrina Victoria Kent 29th Sept 1858 at Port Royal, Jamaica.
In 1865 General Goodwyn was stationed in India where he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1866 in the Bengal Presidency.
As late as 1881 General Goodwyn was recorded as a 'General in H.M.A. active list'. He died March 4th, 1890 in Somerset, aged 66 with a personal estate of £17,609 13s. 11d.
Exhibited: Lot 137, Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of Arms and Armour, Pewter and Works of Art. December 22nd, 1960
Other Notes: This lot is accompanied by General Goodwyn's Commissions which date from his promotion to Ensign in 1844, up to his commission as Lieutenant General in 1877, and replacement medals General Julius Edmund Goodwyn was awarded for his services in the Crimean War; the Crimea Medal with three clasps, the 5th Class of the Medjidie, the Turkish Medal, and the Legion d'Honneur
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Estimate £7,500-10,000