Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Northumberland & Newcastle Yeomanry Medal 1820, obverse: royal cypher within a garter with crown above and circumscription, ‘Northumberland & Newcastle Yeomanry’; reverse: struck inscription (recipient’s name engraved) ‘Presented by Lt. Col. Brandling to Capt. Dixon Brown in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the organization of the regiment Jan. - March 1820’, 38mm., silver, unmounted, extremely fine £80-100

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

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Similar medals to the recipient and his family were offered in D.N.W. 4 April 2001, lot 707.