Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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

Lot

№ 1558

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£720

63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment, an oval portrait miniature stated on the reverse to be ‘Lieut Richard George Robinson HM 63rd Regt of Foot b1797 d at Antigua 1816’. Shown wearing double breasted scarlet coatee with silver laced and green lapels buttoned back, stand-up cutaway green collar silver laced, single silver laced epaulette white shoulder belt with silver oval plate (Parkyn 439) copper gilt gorget with green silk rosettes and ribbons, contained in a good quality stepped and decorated oval frame and thence into a rectangular ebonised outer frame, this with period gilt suspender of a drum sword trumpet etc, very good condition £400-500