7th Dec, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Victorian Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, second type, awarded to 904 CORPL.WM.TAYLOR. COAST BDE. R.A., together with related research material including a National Archives copy of his Discharge Certificate dated 19th February 1869.
Footnote:- William Taylor was born in Lisburn, County Antrim. A weaver by trade, he attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 5th December 1846 aged 19 years and retired at the rank of Sergeant Major in 1869 after serving for over 22 years. He is also listed as serving in a secondary unit - the Durham Artillery Militia.
Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 7th Dec, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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