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Auction 147 12-14 Jun 2018
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British Historical Medals from Various Properties
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Colonel Davies, 1818, a silver medal, unsigned, colonel davies june 16 1818, wreath above and below, rev. the friend of the people in advocating a free representation, wreath above and below, hallmarked tk Birmingham 1819, 45mm (BHM –; Grant p.23). Brilliant mint state, toned, very rare; pierced for suspension £200-300
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Thomas Henry Hastings Davies (1789-1846), Elmley Castle, Worcestershire; educ. Sandhurst; Ensign, 52nd Foot, 1804, rising to Captain, 1808; Lieutenant and Captain, 1st Foot Guards, 1809, advancing to Lieutenant-Colonel, 1815; distinguished himself in the Peninsula War and at the Battle of Waterloo; MP for Worcester 1818-34 and 1837-41, sitting 'with the aid of a large purse'. An outspoken critic of military expenditure, he incessantly berated army departments for their 'shameful waste'. Much further biographical detail is sold with the lot
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Colonel Davies, 1818, a silver medal, unsigned, colonel davies june 16 1818, wreath above and below, rev. the friend of the people in advocating a free representation, wreath above and below, hallmarked tk Birmingham 1819, 45mm (BHM –; Grant p.23). Brilliant mint state, toned, very rare; pierced for suspension £200-300
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Thomas Henry Hastings Davies (1789-1846), Elmley Castle, Worcestershire; educ. Sandhurst; Ensign, 52nd Foot, 1804, rising to Captain, 1808; Lieutenant and Captain, 1st Foot Guards, 1809, advancing to Lieutenant-Colonel, 1815; distinguished himself in the Peninsula War and at the Battle of Waterloo; MP for Worcester 1818-34 and 1837-41, sitting 'with the aid of a large purse'. An outspoken critic of military expenditure, he incessantly berated army departments for their 'shameful waste'. Much further biographical detail is sold with the lot