Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Channel Islands, Oval Silver "Clan Badge", for the family of Messervy of Jersey, c.1880s, a cherry tree proper, within Garter with raised buckle, motto, AU VALEUREUX COEUR RIEN IMPOSSIBLE (to the valiant heart nothing is impossible), 65mm x 50mm. Well made, brooch mounted, extremely fine.
The Messervy family of Jersey is one of the Island's oldest, a Norman name with, by 1331, one John being a land-owner and Seigneur. Clement Messervy, whom tradition makes to have come from Jersey to America, was a taxpayer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1673 and took the oath of allegiance in 1685.
Estimate: £150-250
The Messervy family of Jersey is one of the Island's oldest, a Norman name with, by 1331, one John being a land-owner and Seigneur. Clement Messervy, whom tradition makes to have come from Jersey to America, was a taxpayer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1673 and took the oath of allegiance in 1685.
Estimate: £150-250