Silver - 28 Jan 2009

589

Pollock medal¦The Pollock Medal of the Royal Military Academy

£800 - £1,000 £1,050

Pollock medal¦The Pollock Medal of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, "To the Most Distinguished Cadet of the Season", by B. Wyon, uniformed bust of Field-Marshal Sir George Pollock to left, rev legend, …FOUNDED BY THE BRITISH INHABITANTS OF CALCUTTA …, 45mm, total wt 66gms (Puddester, Medals of British India, 861.4) Extremely fine, test mark on edge at 3 o'clock.¦¦Believed also awarded to Norman Alexander Maitland Swettenham.¦Field Marshal Sir George Pollock Bart., GCB, GCSI gave his name to the Pollock Prize at East India Company's Military Academy at Addiscombe and when the college closed the medal was transferred to the Royal Military College at Woolwich.¦

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