Auction Catalogue

28 June 2000

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

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

Lot

№ 749

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28 June 2000

Hammer Price:
£580

Portugal, Peninsula Campaign Cross, for 6 Campaigns, silver-gilt and enamels, fitted with silver-gilt ribbon buckle, very fine and scarce £300-400

See Colour Plate VI

Instituted by King John VI of Portugal on 28 June 1816, as a reward to officers for the campaigns of 1809-14, the number on the cross corresponding to the years of campaign service.