British Historical Medals
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Lot 1506 Session 6 (9:30am Wednesday 1st August) British Historical Medals
Estimate $50
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $80
LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE, undated in bronze (33mm), obverse, soldier standing on guard on the coast, above, 'Defence not Defiance', reverse, within a wreath of oak and laurel leaves a scroll bearing the inscription, 'London Rifle Brigade, Enrld. 1859', edge inscribed, '1932'; 8th Battalion City of London, The Post Office Rifles gilt and enamel pin-back lapel badge (KC); Excelsior brooch bar in silver; generic prize/award medal as used in colonies, in silvered (38mm), obverse, Queen Victoria crowned and veiled head left, reverse, trooper kneeling left on a grass mound and taking aim with a rifle, at the left edge, 'In Defence'. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
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