Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

5th Foot Order of Merit 1805, for 21 years service, obverse: St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, in exergue: ‘Revived Apr. 23, 1805; reverse: ‘Vth Foot Merit’, in exergue: ‘March 10th, 1767’ (J. Heyden), 34mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension, with ornate silver buckle bar, ref. Balmer R.174a, Tancred p.316, H.I. p.242, Payne p.199, very fine £200-240

Ex Murray Collection and ex D.N.W. April 2004.