Auction Catalogue

23 June 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 594

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23 June 2021

Hammer Price:
£420

5th Foot Order of Merit (10), 1767 type (2), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, exergue plain, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March the 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R172; 1805 type (3), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, ‘Revived Aprl. 23 1805’ in exergue, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R174; post-1805 type (5), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, exergue plain, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R177, all unnamed, the medals struck variously in silver, bronze-gilt, bronze, and brass, and mounted from a variety of suspensions, generally fair to fine (10) £180-£220