John Malcolm Coll. - British Commonwealth Military To
Lot 3540 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday 2nd April) John Malcolm Coll. - British Commonwealth Military Toke
Estimate $200
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SOLD $300
2ND BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS, c.1890, token in zinc (33.5mm), sixpence, hole punched in centre, obverse, denomination in centre, around, "2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers", reverse, French Eagle (Yarwood BMT173). Good fine and extremely rare.
The French Eagle is significant because at the Battle of Barrosa in 1811 the 2nd/87th was the first to capture a French Eagle standard in the Peninsular War.
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