Colonel Davies, 1818, a silver medal, unsigned, colonel davies june 16 1818, wreath above and below, rev. the friend of the people in advocating a free representation, wreath above and below, hallmarked tk Birmingham 1819, 45mm (BHM –; Grant p.23). Brilliant mint state, toned, very rare; pierced for suspension £200-300

Thomas Henry Hastings Davies (1789-1846), Elmley Castle, Worcestershire; educ. Sandhurst; Ensign, 52nd Foot, 1804, rising to Captain, 1808; Lieutenant and Captain, 1st Foot Guards, 1809, advancing to Lieutenant-Colonel, 1815; distinguished himself in the Peninsula War and at the Battle of Waterloo; MP for Worcester 1818-34 and 1837-41, sitting ‘with the aid of a large purse’. An outspoken critic of military expenditure, he incessantly berated army departments for their ‘shameful waste’. Much further biographical detail is sold with the lot