Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

22nd Regiment Order of Merit 1820, for 14 years service, by Mossop, obv. George III receiving the medal from Colonel Crosbie, ‘Established under Royal Sanction’, in exergue: ‘1785’; rev. ‘Order of Merit 22nd Regiment, Reestablished by Col. Sir H. Gough, 1st January 1820’, 36mm., silver, hinged silver straight bar suspension, Ref. Balmer R.246b; Tancred p.325 (2); Hastings Irwin p.250 (2;, Payne p.201 (2), edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine

In 1820 the 22nd Regiment Order of Merit was re-established by Colonel Sir Hugh Gough. The medal obverse records King George III receiving one of the original medals from the hands of Lieutenant-Colonel Crosbie.