Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

22nd Foot Cheshire Regiment Order of Merit (1785), by L. Pingo, obv. Hercules crowning a Roman soldier, in exergue: ‘Order of Merit Estab. MDCCLXXXV’; rev. within a palm wreath, ‘Reward for Military Virtue from Lt. Col. Crosbie’, with circumscription, ‘XXII or Cheshire Regiment’, (R. Turtle, Drum Major), 38mm., bronze-gilt, with loop suspension, Ref: Balmer R.245c; Tancred p.325 (1); Hastings Irwin p.250 (1); Payne p.201 (1), good very fine