Queen Victoria’s warrant appointing Lt Col John Neptune Sargent to be Companion of the Order of the Bath, 27 Jan 1862.
Written in manuscript on black rimmed paper and signed by Lewis, Secretary of State for War.
With seal.
One of 19 items relating to Gen John Neptune Sargent, CB, 95th Regiment and 2nd and 1st Bns the Buffs Regiment, 1844-1864.
Gen Sargent also served in 42nd Brigade Depot and 27th Foot, 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1873 to 1893, in Hong Kong, China, Alma, Inkerman, the Siege of Sevastopol and Malta. 
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.