A 22Nd Foot Order Of Merit For 14 Years Service Hold in Mining with Buffalo Ankerite

in Mining with Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines (1939-1940) and as an Engineering Supervisor with General Engineering (1940-1942)

A printed plate below states "404331 Lieutenant HARRY HAMPTON ESSEX

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the County of Peel

this KC is attributed to Jakob Fuchs

1 clasp - Northern Ireland (24449742 TPR J OLIVER 15/19H) Naming is officially impressed

A 22Nd Foot Order Of Merit For 14 Years Service Hold in Mining with Buffalo AnkeriteA 22nd Foot Order of Merit for 14 years Service hinged silver suspension bar on 51mm wide blue ribbon. Obv: George II receiving the medal from Col. Crosbie on the terrace at Windsor, castle in background , ESTABLISHED UNDER ROYAL SANCTION around, in exergue 1785. Rev: Around edge ORDER OF MERIT. 22ND REGIMENT two oak branches below, in the centre REESTABLISHED BY COL: SIR H: GOUGH 1ST JANUARY 1820. Unnamed. very fine.