Auction Catalogue

12 & 13 December 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 867

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13 December 2012

Estimate: £300–£400

South Devon Regiment of Militia Officers’ Mess Dinner Plate. A fine and rare example (23 cms) of circular outline, the outer edge decorated in gold and turquoise with inner rim decoration of Greek key pattern and stylised floral motifs, the central reserve decorated in gold with the regimental badge being a crowned star bearing a strap ‘South Devon 25th Regt. of Militia’, in the centre a rampant lion. The reverse with an impressed mark ‘Copeland’? c. 1850 - 81, very good condition
£300-400

Note: The 25th precedence number was drawn by the South Devon Militia in 1833 and held until 1881.