Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 664

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£45

The Duke of Cumberland’s Sharp Shooters’ Medal, obverse: head of Barber Beaumont; reverse: 'The Duke of Cumberland's Sharp Shooters, the First Volunteer Rifle Corps in Great Britain was raised in 1803', 41mm., silver-gilt (Mr A. R. Margary, Best Shot, Chalk Farm, 12th June 1838), onetime with suspension, now edge plugged at 12 o’clock, good very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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