Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

22nd Regiment Order of Merit 1820, for 14 years service, by Mossop, obverse: George III receiving the medal from Colonel Crosbie, ‘Established under Royal Sanction’, in exergue: ‘1785’; reverse: ‘Order of Merit 22nd Regiment, Reestablished by Col. Sir H. Gough, 1st January 1820’, 36mm., silver, hinged silver straight bar suspension, Ref. Balmer R.246b, Tancred p.325 (2), H.I. p.250 (2), Payne p.201 (2), good very fine £70-90

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

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In 1820 the 22nd Regiment Order of Merit was re-established by Colonel Sir Hugh Gough. The medal obverse records King George III receiving one of the original medals from the hands of Lieutenant-Colonel Crosbie.