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Show MEDALS OF HONOR I ARE TO BE SOLD Only Public Subscription -ol' Government Gov-ernment Grant Can Save British.- Collection.' Special Cablo to T;he Tribune. LON DON, Oct. 12. A ' rcmarkablo collection of nearly 3000 medals won by ollicers and men1 in tho various wars of .British history is to be sold iu tho near future, unless it is saved for the nation cither by -a government grant or by a public subscription. Tho collection has bc.cn acquired during dur-ing the last thirty vcars by Dr. A. A. Payno of Sheiticld, and is m now housed in the -Mappin art jjallory in that city. Over five hundred of tho medals were awarded to ollicers of all ranks, and main- wore won by inemhcrs of tho )ocrugx"soiiio of whom belonged to the house of C'liolph. Every regiment regi-ment present at Waterloo is represented, repre-sented, as arc also I ho German legion and the ilanovoriaii and the Brunswick armies. Anions the famous' men whoso medals havo found a resting place in Dr. Taync's cabiuets arc J'ield Marshal 'Viscount Gouch, who commanded the troops in the China campaign, and 'vvn.a afterward commander-in-chief in 3udia; Lord Gamhior, who was awarded tho eold medal for the ''Glorious First of Juno 11 r Vice AdinirnJ- Sir Charles 'iehardsoii, who took Be Winter prisoner at Caiuperdown in 1797, and Admiral Sir Thomas Hssher, who con-vevod con-vevod Napoleon in the Undaunted to Kltm. Dr. lJayuc asks $ 130,000 for the colled col-led ion, but; should it be secured for the nation 1 ho prico would be reduced. |