1854 India General Service medal with two clasps: BURMA 1885-7 and BURMA 1887-89. Silver, 36 mm. MY-117 (clasps x and xiii), BBM-70. Swi...
1854 India General Service medal with two clasps: BURMA 1885-7 and BURMA 1887-89. Silver, 36 mm. MY-117 (clasps x and xiii), BBM-70. Swivel mount and scroll suspension. Extremely Fine.
"Mr. W.A. Hertz Burma Civil Dept." engraved on edge. Lustrous and reflective, brilliant and lightly polished. An unusual medal named to a British bureaucrat, William Axel Hertz. Hertz's 1912 Burma Gazeteer remained in print for decades. Fort Hertz, a World War II-era British outpost in Burma, was named for him.
Offered with a modern ribbon.
Estimate: $200 - $400.
Provenance: From the Gem Collection.
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1854 India General Service medal with two clasps: BURMA 1885-7 and BURMA 1887-89. Silver, 36 mm. MY-117 (clasps x and xiii), BBM-70. Swivel mount and scroll suspension. Extremely Fine.
"Mr. W.A. Hertz Burma Civil Dept." engraved on edge. Lustrous and reflective, brilliant and lightly polished. An unusual medal named to a British bureaucrat, William Axel Hertz. Hertz's 1912 Burma Gazeteer remained in print for decades. Fort Hertz, a World War II-era British outpost in Burma, was named for him.
Offered with a modern ribbon.
Estimate: $200 - $400.
Provenance: From the Gem Collection.
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