Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

London Rifle Brigade Medal (2) by W. J. Taylor, London, obverse: soldier standing on guard on the coast, above, ‘Defence not Defiance’; reverse: within a wreath of oak and laurel leaves a scroll bearing the inscription, ‘London Rifle Brigade, Enrld. 1859’(Pte. Thos. Foster, Best [Shot] in Q Company 1861) silver, with (slack) scroll suspension, edge bruise; another (Captn. W. Hopkinson Best Shot in Company 1860) silver, no suspension, good very fine (2) £40-60