Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major J. T. Thackara, Hampshire Volunteer Artillery

Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, silver, hallmarks for London 1893, with integral top riband bar; together with the two related miniature awards; and an Artillery Volunteers Long Service Medal, gold (18ct (?), 11.30g), the reverse engraved ‘Captain J. T. Thackara, 2nd. Hants. A.V. enrolled 20 January 1869’, all housed in a fitted glazed display frame, the gilding all rubbed from the VD and contact marks to the gold medal, otherwise generally very fine (3) £300-£400

James Thomas Thackara was awarded his Volunteer Officers’ Decoration in 1894, whilst serving as a Captain and Honorary Major with the 2nd Hampshire (Southern Division, Royal Artillery), Southern District, Artillery (London Gazette 13 February 1894); and was awarded the 1902 Coronation Medal whilst serving as a Major in the 2nd Hampshire Volunteer Artillery.