Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Manchester & Salford Volunteers Medal 1802, laureated bust of George III facing right , ‘G.R.’ in the field, enclosed by a chain of hands and hearts; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name, rank and battalion engraved) ‘Captain Samuel Gratrix, 2nd Battalion, a testimony of gratitude from his fellow townsmen for spirited and patriotic services 1802, Manchester & Salford Volunteers’, 36mm., gold, unmounted, Ref: Tancred p.374 sim., H.I. p.363 (2), Payne p.217, nearly extremely fine £300-400

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

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