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Lot

№ 1314

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£85

7th Foot Order of Merit 1788, by Phillips, obverse: Pallas and Victory crowning an aged seated soldier with a wreath of laurel, in exergue, ‘Order of Merit Estab. MDCCLXXXVIII’; reverse: rose encircled by a garter in splendour with crown above, ‘Military Virtue Rewarded’, in exergue, ‘VII Regt. or Royal Fusiliers’, 39mm., silver, with steel clip and straight wire suspension, Ref. Balmer R.188a, H.I. p.243, Tancred p.320, good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Regimental Medals from the James N Spencer Collection.

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