Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 16th July 2013
Lot 625
Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1810)
Estimate £200 - £250 | Hammer £250
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Description
Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1810), silver Tribute Medal, of the Highland Society of London to the 42nd Regiment, 1801, by G. F. Pidgeon, bust right, ... IN EGYPTO CECIDIT VICTOR, rev. (after Benjamin West), Highlander with sword drawn, captures the standard of the French Imperial Legion, Gallic legend, impressed lettered edge, 48.5mm (BHM 512; Eimer 932; BBM [1988] 42). Very fine but has been cleaned.
Soldiers of the 42nd Regiment - the Black Watch - had saved the wounded Abercromby, however he died some days later on board HMS Foudroyant.