Auction Catalogue

19–21 June 2013

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

№ 1391

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20 June 2013

Hammer Price:
£850

A French ‘Crimea’ group of four

France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Vatican, Order of St. Gregory the Great, breast badge with trophy-of-arms suspension, gold and enamel, lacking reverse centre; some enamel damage to obverse centre; Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidie, 4th Class ‘Crimea period’ breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; G.B., Crimea 1854-56, 1 copy ‘slip-on’ clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed; together with a contemporary mounted set of three miniature dress medals: Order of St. Gregory the Great, with trophy-of-arms suspension, gold and enamel; Order of Medjidie, silver, gold and enamel, and Crimea Medal with integral clasp, Sebastopol, the three mounted from a gold suspension bar, complete with ribbon (and space for what would have been the miniature of the Legion of Honour; the medals and miniatures with an old frame (lacking glass) with gilt ornamentation, generally nearly extremely fine and very attractive (6)
£1000-1400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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