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2024 Spring Cleaning Auction

Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment, 1853

This auction ended on June 20, 2024.

Start price: $5

Estimated price: $10 - $10,000

Buyer's Premium: 23%

Sold for: $150

Description

Item/Description: Signed Royal Military Appointment of John Edward Lyons (UK), Captain in the 46th Regiment of Foot. The document is dated the 17th day of December 1853 and appoints John Edward Lyons to the position of Captain in Our Forty Sixth Regiment of Foot from the 16th December 1853. Signed by Queen Victoria in the upper left corner. Countersigned by Palmerston. Features white Royal paper seal, one vellum leaf, partially printed and a portrait of a young queen Victoria.

Material: Paper, matted and framed under glass

Dimensions: Framed: Height: 17 1/2"; Width: 27"

Condition: Creasing, age and discoloration to document. Paint loss and wear to frame. Water stain marks to paper backing on frame.

Age: 1853

Provenance: Private Estate.

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