Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

79th Foot Order of Merit 1819, 1st type, for 12 years service, obverse: ‘79’ on a shield surrounded by military trophies; reverse: star of the Order of the Thistle, at it’s centre, a sphinx with the word ‘Egypt’ enclosed by a band bearing the words, ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Peninsula’, with a circumscription bearing the battle honours, ‘Egmont-op-Zee, Fuentes d’Onor, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse’, 31mm., silver, with hinged straight bar silver suspension, Ref: Balmer R.486a, Tancred p.345, H.I. p.275, Payne p.208, minor edge bruise, very fine £120-160

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

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