Orders, Decorations and Medals

27th Foot Medal, silver skull with a sword passing through it, with silver suspension bar inscribed on obverse, ‘Reward of Merit’, and on reverse, ‘Best Swordsman 1801’, with silver crescent and star on ribbon and silver brooch bar (lacking pin) inscribed, ‘Owen Reilly 27th Regt.’, very fine £150-200

Ex Whittaker Collection; ref. Hastings Irwin and Balmer R.270.

An Owen Rielly (sic) of the 27th Foot is listed in the published roll as having been awarded the Military General Service 1793-1814 with clasps for Egypt and Maida.