Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Netherlands, Medal for the Utrecht Volunteer Mounted Rifle Company 1815, obv. shield of Utrecht, ‘Kompagnie Vrijwillige Jagers te Paard No 5’(Volunteer Mounted Rifle Company No. 5); rev. oak wreath, ‘Veldtogt 1815’ (Campaign 1815), 35mm., silver, unnamed, unmounted as issued, contained in circular wooden box, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine and rare £250-300

The Medal was instituted in 1850 by the Utrecht City Council and awarded to survivors of the Utrecht Volunteer Mounted Rifle Company No.5, for their services in the 1815 campaign. The number of medals awarded is variously given as 35 or 42.