Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Loyal Independent Sheffield Volunteers Medal 1797, struck obverse: Britannia seated presenting a wreath to a man in classical costume holding a flintlock and an engraved shield; reverse engraved, ‘Augt. 2, J. Allatt, The second shot in the Company, L.I.S.V. 1797’, 55mm., silver, hallmarks for Sheffield 1797, with integral ring suspension, Tancred p.379 / 380, H.I. p. 390 (2) (this illustrated p.389), Payne p.216, minor edge bruising, good very fine £200-250

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

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The Loyal Independent Sheffield Volunteers was formed on 1 May 1794 when about 100 men of Sheffield formed themselves into a military corps of infantry to act during the war against France, in Sheffield and the neighborhood. The colours were presented by Miss Burton, daughter of Lord Cope, on 18 August 1794. The colours consisted of the Arms of Sheffield and the Union Flag. By November the same year the unit numbered some 300 men. It was disbanded on 17 May 1802.