GREAT BRITISH REGIMENTS 52 SILVER MEDALS & INSIGNIA SET
Great British Regiments Silver Proof Medals and Insignia Set by The
Birmingham Mint. This superb set contains 52 hallmarked sterling silver medals
along with their corresponding regimental insignia (cap badges) silver plate,
gilt and enamels. The medals are all struck with mirror finish backgrounds and
frosted reliefs. They are all in Proof FDC
condition, a few with light toning. Each medal commemorates one of the 52
original British Army Regiments of the Line. The reverse of each medal depicts
a famous battle, action or heroic deed by the Regiment. The scenes depicted
range from the 1689 Battle of Walcourt, including other famous battles during
The American War of Independence, The Seven Years War, The Napoleonic Wars, The
Crimea, The Zulu War, The Boer Wars, WWI, etc right up to the 1944 Battle for
Arnhem during WWII. The 52 Regiments represented are:
The Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey), The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, The Royal Fusiliers, The Royal Norfolk Regiment, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, The Devonshire Regiment, The Suffolk Regiment, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own), The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, The Lancashire Fusiliers, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, The South Wales Borderers, The Cameronians, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, The Worcestershire Regiment, The East Lancashire Regiment, The East Surrey Regiment, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, The Border Regiment, The Royal Sussex Regiment, The South Staffordshire Regiment, The Dorset Regiment, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers), The Welch Regiment, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, The Essex Regiment, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), The Northamptonshire Regiment, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, The Rifle Brigade, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), The Manchester Regiment, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's), The York and Lancaster Regiment, The Durham Light Infantry, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, The Royal Ulster Rifles, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's), The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own).
The obverse of each medal gives the details of the regiment depicted in action on the reverse, along with the war, battle, date and place. Each medal is hallmarked Sterling Silver on its edge and all were assayed at the Birmingham Assay Office. The insignia are exact reproductions of the regimental insignia worn by the 52 Regiments, as by 1980 The Birmingham Mint had been producing military insignia for nearly two hundred years! The medals and insignia are displayed on two wooden trays which are housed in a military style wooden case. The case is in very good condition and has brass edge protectors, side handles, a working lock and key. Only 3,000 of these sets were issued by The Birmingham Mint and many have since been split up and sold piece by piece. The medals are struck in .925 Sterling Silver, with a 45mm diameter and weighing 45.5 grammes (1.45 oz troy). Total Silver weight is 2.366 Kilos (75.59 oz troy, 2366 grammes. About £1700 of scrap silver). £1850
02/05/2011
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