Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Company Quartermaster Serjeant T. Piggott, Royal Dublin Fusiliers; together with an interesting relic from the disbandment of the regiment

British War and Victory Medals (8715 C. Sjt., R.D. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7075048 C.Q.M. Sjt., R.D. Fus.); together with three bronze prize medals: 38.5mm., obverse inscribed, ‘C.Q.M.S. Piggott T. 2nd R.D.F.’, reverse, ‘Semi-Finalist Hockey 1920 A.B.S.’; another, 38mm., obverse inscribed, ‘2/R.D.F.’, reverse ‘Hockey League 1921-22 Runners up “A” Coy. C.S.M. Piggott’; another, 33mm., obverse inscribed, ‘2/R.D.F.’, reverse, ‘Hockey League 1920-21 Runners Up A Coy C.Q.M.S. Piggott’, first three medals obverses heavily worn through polishing; others very fine (6)
£600-800

With Royal Dublin Fusiliers Disbandment Certificate, named to ‘7075058 C.Q.M.S. Piggott, T.’ - In recognition of his faithful service and as a memento of the old regiment on its disbandment’; the certificate held in a damaged and fragile 300 x 225mm. frame.

Associated with the group, the recipient and the disbandment of the battalion are substantial elements derived from the Regimental Colours of the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers - these in cloth, bullion and wire and now attached to a large blue silk backing, consist of the Royal crown, the legend, ‘Spectamur Agendo’, the fused grenade, the battalions name scroll, the ‘Plassey/ Tiger’, the ‘Mysore /Elephant, shamrock sprays, and ‘[1]914’, the elements showing some wear and tear.