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THIS MEDAL WAS AUTHORIZED BY A GENERAL ORDER DATED 1st. JUNE, 1847, AND ISSUED IN 1848 - THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER THE LAST BATTLE IT COMMEMORATES. THERE WERE ABOUT 25,650 APPLICATIONS FOR THE MEDAL, FOR WHICH TWENTY-NINE BARS WERE AWARDED, FIFTEEN BEING THE MOST TO ANY ONE RECIPIENT.
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1015 |
SCARCE // MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL NAMED TO: R. WALKER. 89th FOOT. ( Royal Irish Fusiliers ). Clasp: Egypt Confirmed on the roll. Condition: VF. This medal was issued in 1848. This man fought in the Egypt in the early 1800's. Not too many of these men lived to pick up their medals.
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$5,000.00 |
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1017 |
MGS TO A WATERLOO PARTICIPANT MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL NAMED TO: Wm. WILLIAMS. 32nd. FOOT. Also entitled to a WATERLOO medal according to the roll. Clasps: Salamanca and Pyrenees Condition VF. Confirmed on the roll |
$2,800.00 |
