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17th Light Dragoons Medal, obverse: skull and crossbones with the motto, ‘Or Glory’, with the circumscription, ‘Seventeenth Light Dragoons’; reverse: within a laurel wreath, ‘India, Buenos Ayres, Montevideo, St. Domingo’, with legend above, ‘A Reward for Military Virtue’ (Jas. Cockburn) 44mm., silver, with bow suspension, Ref. Balmer R.96, (this medal illustrated), H.I. p.234, good very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £320
5th Foot Order of Merit 1805, for 21 years service, obverse: St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, in exergue: ‘Revived Apr. 23, 1805; reverse: ‘Vth Foot Merit’, in exergue: ‘March 10th, 1767’ (J. Heyden), 34mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension, Ref. Balmer R.174a, Tancred p.316, H.I. p.242, Payne p.199, very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £190
Northumberland Fusiliers Order of Merit 1836, for 21 years, obverse: St. George on horseback slaying a dragon; reverse: ‘V Northumberland Fusiliers Merit’, in exergue: ‘March 10th, 1767’ (R. White, Pte., 1809, 5th Fusiliers), 34mm., silver, with steel clip and straight silver wire suspension, Ref. Balmer R.178a, H.I. p.242, Payne p.199, good very fine £60-80
7th Foot Order of Merit 1788, by Phillips, obverse: Pallas and Victory crowning an aged seated soldier with a wreath of laurel, in exergue, ‘Order of Merit Estab. MDCCLXXXVIII’; reverse: rose encircled by a garter in splendour with crown above, ‘Military Virtue Rewarded’, in exergue, ‘VII Regt. or Royal Fusiliers’, 39mm., silver, with steel clip and straight wire suspension, Ref. Balmer R.188a, H.I. p.243, Tancred p.320, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £85
22nd Foot Cheshire Regiment Order of Merit 1785, by L. Pingo, obverse: Hercules crowning a Roman soldier, in exergue: ‘Order of Merit Estab. MDCCLXXXV’; reverse: within a palm wreath, ‘Reward for Military Virtue from Lt. Col. Crosbie’, with circumscription, ‘XXII or Cheshire Regiment’, 38mm., bronze-gilt, with loop suspension, Ref: Balmer R.245c, Tancred p.325 (1), H.I. p.250 (1), Payne p.201 (1), good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £140
22nd Regiment Order of Merit 1820, for 14 years service, by Mossop, obverse: George III receiving the medal from Colonel Crosbie, ‘Established under Royal Sanction’, in exergue: ‘1785’; reverse: ‘Order of Merit 22nd Regiment, Reestablished by Col. Sir H. Gough, 1st January 1820’, 36mm., silver, hinged silver straight bar suspension, Ref. Balmer R.246b, Tancred p.325 (2), H.I. p.250 (2), Payne p.201 (2), good very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £180
26th Foot Medal 1823, by Narcisse, obverse: Religion seated on a rock presenting a medal to a soldier, legend ‘Thou Art Worthy, Be Thou Faithful Unto Death’; reverse, crown above crossed regimental colours’ (Private Mathew Clark, 26th Regt.), manufactured by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, 43mm., silver, with attractive straight bar suspension, Ref. Balmer R.265a, Tancred p.327, H.I. p. 252, Payne p.202, edge bruise, nearly very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £210
42nd Foot Medal 1819, by Parkes, obverse: in the upper section - St. Andrew with his cross, legend above, ‘Nemo me Impune Lacessit’, in the lower - soldiers marching through mountainous country; reverse: winged figure of Fame above the battle honours, ‘Corunna, Fuentes d’Onor, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula’, in a rectangle below, ‘42 R.H.Rt.’ (A. McPherson), 32mm., silver, with hinged silver straight bar suspension, Ref. Balmer R.336a, Tancred p.332, H.I....
Hammer Price: £410
77th Foot Medal 1818, obverse: ‘77’ with Prince of Wales’s plumes above, ‘Peninsula’ below’ and a branch of laurel to either side; reverse: within a wreath of laurel is engraved, ‘El bodon’ (John Mavelly),36mm., silver, with steel clip and ring suspension, Ref: Balmer R.479c, Tancred p.344, H.I. p.273, Payne p.208, minor edge bruising, good very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £290
77th Foot Regimental School Medal, obverse as for the previous; reverse: Minerva placing a wreath of laurel on the head of a man in classical costume (G. Ross), impressed naming, 36mm., silver, with ball and ring suspension, Ref: Balmer R.480 (this medal illustrated), H.I. p.273, minor edge bruising, slight contact marks, very fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £40
79th Foot Order of Merit 1819, 1st type, for 12 years service, obverse: ‘79’ on a shield surrounded by military trophies; reverse: star of the Order of the Thistle, at it’s centre, a sphinx with the word ‘Egypt’ enclosed by a band bearing the words, ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Peninsula’, with a circumscription bearing the battle honours, ‘Egmont-op-Zee, Fuentes d’Onor, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse’, 31mm., silver, with hinged straight bar silver suspension, Ref:...
Hammer Price: £200
79th Foot Best Shot Medal c.1820, by W. J. Taylor, obverse: a Highlander standing with his hand on his sword, above, ‘Camerons’; reverse: Within a laurel wreath, ‘Best Shot at 120 Yards’ (J. McDonald), 39mm., silver, with ball and ring suspension, Ref: Balmer R.487a (this medal illustrated), good very fine £120-160
88th Foot Order of Merit, 2nd Class for seven actions, obverse: Hibernia, seated with harp, holding forth a wreath of laurel; reverse: a wreath of laurel with ‘88’ at the apex enclosing the engraved actions, ‘Orthes, Pyrenees, Vittoria, Fuentes d’Onor, Toulouse, Nivelle, Nive’ (George Eyre), 38mm., silver, with ring and straight bar suspension, this engraved, ‘Peninsula’, Ref: Balmer R.523b, H.I. p.278, Tancred p.347, Payne p. 209 sim., some edge bruising, very fine £200-240
Hammer Price: £580
94th Foot, Scotch Brigade Medal c.1816, by J. Parkes, obverse: elephant with crown above, with inscription, ‘Scotch Brigade’, below, sprigs of thistle and ‘XCIV’; reverse: battle honours with dates within two branches of laurel - ‘Fuentes d’Onor, Cuidad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nevillie, Neive, Orthes, Toulouse’ (Alexr. Drummond) 36mm., silver, with hinged straight bar suspension, engraved, ‘Peninsula’, Ref: Balmer R.545a, Tancred p.349/50, H.I. p....
Hammer Price: £620
97th Foot Order of Merit 1801, by J. G. Hancock and Kempson & Kindon, obverse: a sphinx holding a Union Flag above a ragged French tricolour, in the exergue, ‘XXI March MDCCCI’; reverse: within a palm wreath, ‘Queen’s German Regiment’, 47mm., pewter, pierced for ring suspension, Ref: Balmer R.579b, Tancred p.352/53, H.I. p.283, good very fine £80-100
Coronation Medal 1821 (Robt. Hadland, 2nd Regt. B.Y.C.H.), 35mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension, Ref: Tancred p.363/64, H.I. p.302/03, Payne p.204, B.H.M. 1071 sim., slight edge bruising, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Carmarthenshire Yeomanry Medal, obverse: a pennant bearing the Prince of Wales’s plumes, with, ‘Dros ein brenhin a’n gwlad’ below; reverse: wreath of oak enclosing, Carmarthenshire Yeomanry, Raised 1794 disbanded 1827’, 41mm., silver, pieced with ring suspension, Ref: H.I. p.308, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Medal, obverse: a Welsh dragon, with ‘Anorchfygol’ below and circumscription, ‘Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry’; reverse: within an oak wreath engraved, ‘Champion Swordsman William Stanley 1848’; edge inscribed, ‘Presented by Major P. Buckley Williams’, 45mm., silver, with ring and straight bar suspension, complete with ribbon and pin-backed top bar, Ref: Tancred p.374, H.I. p.367, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £120-160
Northumberland & Newcastle Yeomanry Medal 1820, obverse: royal cypher within a garter with crown above and circumscription, ‘Northumberland & Newcastle Yeomanry’; reverse: struck inscription (recipient’s name engraved) ‘Presented by Lt. Col. Brandling to Capt. Dixon Brown in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the organization of the regiment Jan. - March 1820’, 38mm., silver, unmounted, extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Northumberland & Newcastle Yeomanry Medal 1820, obverse as for previous; reverse: struck inscription, ‘Presented by Lt. Col. Brandling on the occasion of the presentation of colours to the regiment March 24th 1820’ (Surgeon Wm. Moore), 38mm., silver, unmounted, nearly extremely fine £80-100
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Medal 1802, George III facing right; reverse: an oak tree, ‘Green Dale Oak’ below and ‘Notts Yeomanry’ above, 36mm., silver, ring suspension, Ref: Tancred p.377, H.I. p.373, Payne p.218, good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
Queen’s Own Royal Yeomanry Medal 1840, obverse: a knot with a crown above and circumscription, ‘Queen’s Own Royal Yeomanry’; reverse: in the centre within a wreath of oak leaves, ‘Firm and Constant’, the outer band engraved, ‘Sergeant William Brooks, 1840’, 38mm., silver, silver clip and straight bar suspension, Ref: Tancred p.383, H.I. p.397, good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £300
Sadborow Yeomanry Medal 1823, obverse: a mounted trooper, with legend, ‘Pro Lege Rege Grege’, in exergue, ‘1823’; reverse: struck inscription (name engraved) ‘Presented to Mr Willm. Hardman for twenty years service in the Sadborow Yeomanry raised at their own expence. Anno Domini 1803’, 41mm., silver medallion within silver frame fitted with ring suspension, Ref: Tancred p.383, H.I. p.385, edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £90
Bethnal Green Volunteers’ Medal 1814, by P. Wyon, obverse: a figure of Victory by a pillar, standing on a dragon, with the legend, ‘England’s perseverance dethroned Buonaparte’; reverse: an oak and laurel wreath with legend, ‘Bethnal Green Volunteer Infantry, Lt. Col. Carrick, Enrolled 13 Aug. 1803 and disembodied at the general peace of Europe, 24th June 1814’, 50mm., silver, unmounted, Ref: Tancred p.362, H.I. p.298, Payne p.212, slight edge bruising, very fine £80-100
Birmingham Loyal Associations Medal 1798, by S. Jordan, obverse: a seated female figure presenting an olive branch to Cupid, her right arm resting on a plaque bearing crossed fasces and cornucopia bearing the letters, ‘LBLHV’ and ‘BLA’, in exergue, ‘Instituted June 10, 1797’; reverse: two flags behind a crowned plinth inscribed, ‘Struck to commemorate the presentation of colours to the Birmingham Loyal Associations June 4, 1798’, 41mm., silver, unmounted, Ref: Payne p.212,...
Birmingham Loyal Associations Medal 1802, obverse: female figure in classical garb, symbolizing peace, presenting a Roman soldier with a medal, above, ‘For true patriotism’, in exergue, ‘Peace MDCCCII’; reverse: a wreath of oak leaves enclosing the struck inscription (rank, name and unit engraved) ‘Presented to Captain Thos. Hanson, 7th Compy. Birmm. Loyl. Associat. by the Town of Birmingham, May XXVIII, MDCCCII’, 48mm., silver, unmounted, Ref: Tancred p.262, H.I. p.299, Payne...
Royal Bristol Volunteers Medal 1814, Arms of the city within a garter; reverse: ‘Imbodied for the Maintenance of Public Order & Protection of their Fellow Citizens on the Threat of Invasion by France MDCCXCVII. Revived at the Renewal of Hostilities MDCCCIII. Disbanded when the Deliverance of Europe was Accomplished by the Perseverence & Magnaminity of Great Britain and Her Allies MDCCCXIV’, 54 x 37mm., struck silver medal with integral loop suspension, Ref: H.I. p.301, Payne p.213, good...
Dukinfield Independent Riflemen Medal 1804, obverse: rifleman kneeling firing, in exergue, ‘Embodied July XVII MDCCCIV’; reverse: oak wreath, inside blank, outside inscribed in raised letters, ‘Presented by Captain Francis Dukinfield Astley’, 43mm., silver-gilt, unmounted, Ref: H.I. p.327, very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
Royal Liverpool Volunteers Medal 1806, obverse: the arms of Colonel Bolton, beneath which on a scroll, ‘Royal Liverpool Volunteers’; reverse: a crown, beneath which is the inscription in raised letters (surname engraved) ‘Lieut. Colonel Bolton to Sergeant Birkett for his faithful services August 25 1806’, 40mm., silver, fitted with loop suspension, Ref: Tancred p.383, H.I. p.355/56, minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £100
1st Regiment Loyal London Volunteers Medal 1803, obverse: a trophy of arms set with a crowned oval inscribed, ‘LLV First Regiment’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name engraved) ‘To perpetuate the memory of Jeremiah Toppin as a voluntary defender of his country’, 34mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension, Ref: Tancred p.372, H.I. p.356/57, Payne p.217, minor edge bruising, good very fine £80-100
6th Regiment Loyal London Volunteers Medal, high relief bust of King George III facing right, ‘GIIIR’ below truncation; reverse: an oak wreath enclosing crossed flags and a drum inscribed, ‘VI Regt. L.L.V.’, above engraved, ‘From Sir Robert Wigram, Bart., M.P. Lieut. Col. Commandant. Adjudged to James Reeve Corpl., of the 6th Company’, 48mm., silver, fitted with loop suspension, Ref: H.I. p.358 / 59, Payne p.217, nearly extremely fine £200-240
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...
Hammer Price: £270
Manchester & Salford Volunteers Medal 1802, laureated bust of King George III facing right, ‘The King defended the constitution preservd.; M.& S. V. Embodied 1798’l reverse: within a wreath of oak, ‘Presented by the officers of the Grenadier Company 2d Battallion (sic) Manchester and Salford Volunteers for uniform good conduct 1802’ (Thomas Webb), 34mm., silver, with small ring fitting, Ref: H.I. p.363 (3), toned, edge bruising, about very fine £100-140
3rd Midlothian Volunteers Medal 1803, obverse: a trophy of arms with a shield set in its midst bearing a sun, clasped hands and a thistle, above, ‘The Westerns’, below, ‘23rd November 1803’; reverse: the castle and city of Edinburgh, in exergue: ‘Head Quarters, 3d Md. Lothian’, 42mm., silver, with mount for suspension, Ref: Tancred p.374/375, H.I. p.366, minor edge bruising, good very fine £150-200
£150–£200
Nottinghamshire Riflemen Medal 1810, obverse: a rifleman kneeling taking aim, ‘Nottinghamshire Riflemen’, in exergue: ‘Established MDCCCX’; reverse: a target, rifle, bugle, bayonet and hat within a laurel wreath, 53mm. dia, 5mm. thick, silver, with mount and ring suspension, Ref: Tancred p.378; H.I. p. 373, good very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £170
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
South Devon Militia Medal of Merit 1799, obverse: trophy of arms enclosed by a wreath, with circumscription, ‘To the South Devon Militia in Testimony of Merit 1799’; reverse: arms of Waterford, 31mm., silver, ring mount, Ref: H.I. p.396, slight edge bruising, very fine, scarce £200-250
Hammer Price: £390
West and East Ham Volunteers Medal 1799, obverse: a volunteer soldier at attention with shouldered arms, ‘The Loyal United West and East Ham Volunteers’, in exergue: ‘Associated May 18, 1897’; reverse: the Henniker coat-of-arms with regimental flags to either side, above, ‘For preservationof internal peace our King and Constitution’; in exergue: ‘Presented by Sr. Iohn Henniker Bt., Stratford House, Essex 1799’, 38mm., silver, unmounted, Ref: Tancred p.370, very fine £80-100
Worlingworth Volunteers Medal 1798, obverse: a volunteer soldier at attention with shouldered arms, at his feet a drum, in the background a tower; reverse: a heart encircled by nine hands within a garter, in turn enclosed by a wreath of national flowers with crown above, ‘Worlingworth Volunteers, Iohn Henniker, Major, Commt.’ (Samuel Ray,(.?.) Lieutenant), obverse inverted in relation to reverse and suspension, 39mm., silver, with fixed ring suspension, Ref: Tancred p.382, H.I. p.416,...
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