Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 555

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£1,300

A scarce first issue Victorian Army M.S.M. dated ‘1847’ on the edge awarded to Quartermaster T. C. Fitzgerald, 94th Regiment

Army Meritorious Service Medal,
V.R., dated ‘1847’ on edge (.... Thos. Colley Fitzgerald, 94th Regt. 1847), rank erased, some edge bruising, very fine £400-500

Sergeant-Major Thomas Colley Fitzgerald, 94th Foot (Connaught Rangers), was awarded the M.S.M. with an annuity of £20 on 5 December 1847. Having been commissioned as a Quartermaster on 23 January 1847 he never drew his annuity.

His M.S.M. was one of the first 107 produced with the date ‘1847’ impressed on the edge. Sold with some copied research.