Auction Catalogue

27 & 28 June 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 489 x

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28 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£160

Royal Westminster Volunteers Medal 1798, silver-gilt engraved medal, 47mm., obverse: engraved portcullis with crown above, Royal Westminster Volunteers’, reverse inscribed, ‘The Reward of Merit, Ball Practice Light Company, Adjudged to Mr W. Nash, Best Shot at 100 Yards, 10 Sep. 1798’, hallmarks for London 1798, with ring suspension, good very fine £100-200

Ex Gaskell Collection. Ref. Hastings Irwin, p. 412.

Due to the uncertainty that exists with regard to the provenance and manufacture of these early Volunteer awards, this lot is sold as viewed.