Auction Catalogue

4 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 658

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£480

Brazil, Empire, Medal for Uruguay 1865, 25 x 20mm., bronze (Gillingham p.83); Naval Medal for Riachuelo 1865, 43 x 26mm., bronze with crown suspension (Gillingham p.86); Bravery Medal 1868, no bars, dated ‘23 de Marco de 1868’, 32 x 25mm., bronze (Gillingham p.87); Naval Medal for Humaita 1868, 66 x 35mm., bronze, complete with original brooch bar suspension surmounted by crown (Gillingham p.88), good very fine (4) £200-250

Sold with a copy of Medalhas e Condecoraçòes by Maximiano Eduardo da Silva Fonseca, in which Brazilian naval awards, including the above are illustrated.