Auction Catalogue

5 April 2006

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

№ 1269

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5 April 2006

Hammer Price:
£80

West Somerset Yeomanry Medal, obv. mounted yeoman with sword raised, in exergue, ‘W. H. B. Portman Coll.’; rev. engraved, ‘Won by Arthur Hayes, Somerton Troop, Best Swordsman, June 2. 1864’, 35mm., silver, ornate scroll suspension, faded D.C.M. ribbon attached, Ref. Tancred p.381; H.I. p.411, slight edge bruise, very fine £80-120