Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt. R. Ivers, 2nd 23rd Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £240-£280

Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016.

Richard Ivers, late Sergeant 2/23rd Foot, and formerly Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was discharged in 1884 after 35 years and 9 months’ service, including 23 years as a Sergeant and 14 years spent soldiering overseas. He was entitled to the Crimea medal with 3 clasps and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and was wounded at Sebastopol. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, with an annuity of £10, on 1 April 1904, and died on 1 February 1915.