Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Northumberland Fusiliers Order of Merit 1836, for 21 Years’ Service, 34mm, silver, obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon; reverse embossed ‘V Northumberland Fusiliers Merit’, with ‘March 10th, 1767’ in exergue (R. White, Pte., 1809, 5th Fusiliers) with steel clip and straight silver wire suspension, and ornate silver brooch bar, ref. Balmer R.178a, very fine £80-120

Provenance: Whitaker Collection, and Dix Noonan Webb, April 2004. One of four named medals of this type listed in Balmer.