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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 263

(x) Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R., obverse dated 1848 below bust (W. Ryan, Troop Serjt. Major 3rd Dragoon Guards.), officially impressed, minor edge bruising, therefore very fine and extremely rare

Troop Sergeant Major William Ryan, born Tipperary, Ireland; enlisted 3rd Dragoon Guards, February 1825; advanced Troop Sergeant Major, March 1838; discharged July 1857, after 26 years and 158 days service with the Colours (M.S.M. and Annuity of £10, August 1849).

Captain K. Douglas-Morris, R.N. Naval Medals 1793-1856 gives the following:

'For the record, the five dated '1848 Type' M.S.M. Medals struck at this time for use by the Army were awarded to:

William Ryan, Troop Sergeant Major, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Samuel Hargreaves, Colour Sergeant, 9th Foot
Thomas McMullen, Sergeant Major, 20th Foot Reserve Bn.
John Weir, Sergeant Major, 27th Foot
Robert Cook, Qtr. Mstr. Sergeant, Rifle Bde. Reserve 2nd Bn.

There was one other later striking of three Army Annuity Medals with the dated '1848' Obverse, of which one is known with a differing style of '1848' to that found on the original 50 dated Royal Marine (and five aforementioned Army) Meritorious Service Medals.'

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Estimate
£1,800 to £2,200