Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

22nd Regiment Order of Merit 1820, for 7 years service, by Mossop, obv. George III receiving the medal from Colonel Crosbie, ‘Established under Royal Sanction’, in exergue: ‘1785’; rev. ‘Order of Merit 22nd Regiment, Reestablished by Col. Sir H. Gough, 1st January 1820’, 36mm., bronze, hinged bronze straight bar suspension, Ref. Balmer R.246d; Tancred p.325 (2); Hastings Irwin p.250 (2); Payne p.201 (2), good very fine £30-40