Here are a few lots that caught my eye in the recently-concluded Spink sale of Orders, decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria (London,
November 19, 2015). -Editor
Lot 116: Army Large Gold Medal to Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost
The Historically Important Army Large Gold Medal to Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost, Bt., 'The Defender of Canada' - The
Governor General and Commander in Chief of British North America, 1811-1815, Who Was Inextricably Linked to Almost Every Major Action of
the War of 1812, And Who 'Arguably, After the Duke of Wellington... Held One of the Most Important Commands in the British Empire
During the Napoleonic Period... Sir George Prevost Became Responsible For Defending a Group of North American Colonies that Stretched as
Far as Paris Did From Moscow, And He Eventually Commanded One of the Largest Overseas Forces Employed By the British During the Napoleonic
Wars' General Officer's Large Army Gold Medal for Martinique (Lieut. Genl. Sir George Prevost.), extremely fine, with all the
proper gold suspension fittings and full neck cravat
To read the complete lot description, see:
Army Large Gold Medal to Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost
(www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=15003000116)
Lot 131: East India Company's Medal for Egypt 1801
Honourable East India Company's Medal for Egypt 1801, 48mm, silver, a fine quality later striking with die cracks to obverse, nearly
extremely fine, with contemporary pillar suspension
Provenance: Spink, April 2009
To read the complete lot description, see:
Honourable East India Company's Medal for Egypt 1801
(www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=15003000131)
Lot 170: Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880
Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Rifleman Chundree Groon 2nd Goorkha Regt.), very fine
To read the complete lot description, see:
Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880
(www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=15003000170)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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