Auction Catalogue

2 July 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 761

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2 July 2003

Hammer Price:
£30

Shooting Certificate, in coloured inks, with Prince of Wales’s plumes and inscribed, ‘Sixth Cheshire Earl of Chester’s Rifle Volunteers, the Twelfth annual Prize Meeting of the above named Corps, held at Sealand on Thursday and Friday the 24th and 25th August 1871. The first Battalion Prize presented by Lieutenant Colonel Humberston, was won by Private John Brierley, with a score of 33 points. Ranges 200 & 500 yards, Five Shots each’, glazed and framed, approx. 56 x 45.5cm.,good condition £40-50