Auction Catalogue

6 July 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

№ 1302

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£900

25th (The King’s Own Borderers) regiment, a very fine and scarce officer’s shoulder belt plate c1845-55 (Parkyn 220) of multi part copper gilt and silver construction with a rich blue enamel backing slip to the City of Edinburgh Motto, complete with two hooks/two studs fasteners to the reverse, the ‘tip and slide’ sections not present, the enamel slip fractured and with small sections missing, the gilt worn on the high points but generally sound under surface grime £700-900