Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17th May 2023
Lot 31
An Empress of India Medal 1877
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £550
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Description
An Empress of India Medal 1877, silver, unnamed as issued, medal extremely fine or nearly so, suspension bar bent down and back to either side; together with an associated Grant of Dignity of a Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India to William Young, Bengal Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner of Oudh, dated 1st January 1891, with M/S signature of Queen Victoria at the head and that of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, as Secretary of State for India at the foot. [2]
(57mm diameter of medal)
By descent.