Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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1904 Tibet medal. Bronze, 36 mm. MY-162, BBM-117. Edge mount with scrollwork swivel suspension. About Uncirculated.
Pte. Sehrt. Ashraf engraved on edge. Lustrous medium brown, reflective in the obverse fields, with medium brown surfaces and highlights of gold and navy blue. Some minor hairlines, but very attractive and showing an original surface. Bronze medals such as this were awarded not to soldiers, but to the poorly named laborers typically referred to as "camp followers."
Pte. Sehrt. Ashraf engraved on edge. Lustrous medium brown, reflective in the obverse fields, with medium brown surfaces and highlights of gold and navy blue. Some minor hairlines, but very attractive and showing an original surface. Bronze medals such as this were awarded not to soldiers, but to the poorly named laborers typically referred to as "camp followers."
Accompanied by a ribbon of uncertain age.
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Estimate: $100 - $200