Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (1st. Vol. Battn. Hants Regt. + 28- Battn. Qr. Mr. Sergt. W. H. Jacob + 1859- ) engraved naming, edge bruise, good very fine £100-£140

William Henry Jacob was born in Winchester on 2 October 1829 and volunteered for the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, on 28 September 1859, one of the very first Volunteers in the county. He was advanced Quartermaster Sergeant in 1866, and retired on 1 November 1897, after 38 years’ service to the Battalion, of which the last 31 years were as Quartermaster Sergeant. He was Mayor of Winchester in 1890.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient wearing his mayoral chain of Office.