Auction Catalogue

9 December 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 419

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9 December 1999

Hammer Price:
£50

A Silver Regimental Napkin Ring of The 84th York and Lancaster Regiment, comprising two silver bands with applied regimental device, the inside inscibed ‘Captain D.C. Tennant, Iraq 1919, N.W. Persia 1920, Karachi 1921, Jullundur 1925, Bordon 1927, Derry 1928, Portsmouth 1932, Delhi 1933, Kamptee 1934, Karachi 1935’, hallmarks for London, 1902, good condition £60-80

Lieutenant Colonel D.C. Tennent was present in Norway at the time of the German invasion and managed to escape only by walking over 100 miles by devious routes over snow covered mountains to Sweden. Sold with copies from regimental history, including two photographs of recipient.