Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

7th Foot Medal, by Phillips, obverse; Pallas and Victory crowning an aged, seated veteran with a wreath of laurel, in exergue, ‘Order of Merit estab. MDCCLXXXVIII’; reverse; a rose encircled by a garter in splendour, with crown above, ‘Military Virtue Rewarded’, in exergue, ‘VII Regt. or Royal Fusiliers’, 39mm., white metal, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, Ref. Bowden R188c, very fine £20-30