Lot Archive

Lot

№ 668

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28 March 2002

Hammer Price:
£270

74th Foot Regimental Medal, struck in silver, 29mm, for seven actions, obverse inscribed within wreath ‘Busaco, Fuentes, C. Rodrigo’, reverse inscribed within wreath ‘Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthez’, edge inscribed ‘I. Howard’, pierced and with ring suspension, nearly very fine and scarce £80-100

Ref. Regimental and Volunteer Medals, by J. L. Balmer (R468b). This book lists six known extant medals of this variety, including the one to I. (J.) Howard.

John Howard was entitled to an M.G.S. with five clasps.