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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 924

(x) Duckinfield Independent Riflemen 1807 struck silver medal, 43mm, obverse features a soldier kneeling left and firing, ‘Duckinfield Independent Riflemen’ engraved, ‘Embodied July XVII MDCCCIV’ in exergue, reverse engraved within an oak wreath, ‘To Troopr Hurst for firing the best at the Target March 2d 1807’, with circumscription ‘Presented by Captain Francis Duckinfield Astley’, pierced for ring suspension, attempted erasure of ‘Troopr Hurst’, edge bruising, nearly very fine

Provenance:
D.N.W., 18 May 2016, Lot 992.

Dukinfield is a town to the East of Manchester, close to Ashton-under Lyne.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£110

Starting price
£110