The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

77th Foot Regimental Medal, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1922), the obverse identical to the 1818 Regimental Medal, ‘77’ with Prince of Wales’s plume above and ‘Peninsula’ on branches of laurel below, the reverse engraved ‘Laurentio Guillemardo, Equiti, Provinciae Malayae Praefecto, Quod de Legione LXXVII Optime Meruit.’, with small loop and ring suspension, very fine £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., was a colonial administrator who served as Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Malay States 1919-27.

The reverse inscription translates as ‘Laurence Guillemard, Knight, Prefect of the Malaya Province, who merited good service with the 77th Regiment.’