Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E.

79th Foot Order of Merit 1819, 1st type obverse, ‘79’ on a shield enclosed by a trophy of arms, thistle below and to right, rev. star of the Order of the Thistle, at the 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 fixed straight bar silver suspension, ref: Balmer R.486a, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E..

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