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Doddington <strong>and</strong> March Troop of Cavalry 1809<br />

A most exquisite oval inscribed award with embossed<br />

floriate border, 58mm x 44mm, silver (Hallmarks for<br />

London 1809), obverse featuring an Officer at ease in<br />

full Hussar-style uniform within laurel wreath,<br />

‘Doddington & March Troop of Cavalry’ inscribed<br />

around, ‘Reward of Merit 1809’ below, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Mr. John Matthews was awarded this Medal<br />

for his Great Proficiency as a Cavalryman’, minor<br />

dinting, otherwise good very fine, with integral floriate<br />

silver ring suspension<br />

£240-280<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911<br />

Colonel Murray Collection 1926<br />

J.B. Hayward, August 1972<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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Dukinfield Independent Riflemen 1807<br />

A circular struck medal, 43mm, silver, obverse<br />

featuring a rifleman in a kneeling firing position,<br />

‘Dukinfield Independent Riflemen’ inscribed around,<br />

‘Embodied July XXII MDCCCIV’ in exergue, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Presented by Captain Francis Dukinfield<br />

Astley’ around, <strong>and</strong> ‘To Thespn. Hurst for firing the<br />

best at the Target March 2d. 1807’ within wreath in<br />

centre, some edge bruising, nearly very fine, pierced for<br />

suspension<br />

£140-180<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Colonel Gaskell Collection 1911

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