Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Dukinfield Independent Riflemen Medal 1804, obverse: rifleman kneeling firing, in exergue, ‘Embodied July XVII MDCCCIV’; reverse: oak wreath, inside blank, outside inscribed in raised letters, ‘Presented by Captain Francis Dukinfield Astley’, 43mm., silver-gilt, unmounted, Ref: H.I. p.327, very fine £80-100

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

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Dukinfield is now a town within Greater Manchester, on the old Lancashire - Cheshire border.