Queen’s Own Royal Yeomanry Medal 1840, obverse: a knot with a crown above and circumscription, ‘Queen’s Own Royal Yeomanry’; reverse: in the centre within a wreath of oak leaves, ‘Firm and Constant’, the outer band engraved, ‘Sergeant William Brooks, 1840’, 38mm., silver, silver clip and straight bar suspension, Ref: Tancred p.383, H.I. p.397, good very fine £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Regimental Medals from the James N Spencer Collection.

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The Staffordshire Yeomanry was established in July 1794. In 1838 Queen Victoria visited the county and grave her permission to change the title of the regiment to the Queen’s Own Royal Staffordshire Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry.