Auction Catalogue

18 September 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Forte Crest Bloomsbury Hotel  Coram Street  London  WC1N 1HT

Lot

№ 473

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18 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£780

18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot Shoulder Belt Plate, a fine Georgian officer’s shoulder belt plate as worn 1800-1818, 80x65 mm, the oval matted copper-gilt plate with applied badge of the regiment on a blue enamelled ground, the reverse with original fittings comprising a single hook and two studs, some chips to the enamel beneath the motto, otherwise good very fine and rare £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of the late Mike Leahy.

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