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Auction: 6025 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 371

Sir Sidney Smith, Defence of Acre 1799, silver medal by T. Wyon Sr., obverse, uniformed bust of Smith three-quarters right, reverse, British ships entering the bay of Acre (cf.BHM.474; cf.MH.547; cf.S.00/29, not listed in silver in these three standard reference works), extremely fine, very rare Estimate £ 150-200There was a silver example in the Dr. Paul Julius collection, Otto Helbing auction, Munich, 11 January 1932, lot 687

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