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21st Anniversary of the Volunteer Movement 1881, by N. Macphail after N. Patton, obverse: crowned, veiled and draped bust of Queen Victoria almost facing, the letters ‘V’ and ‘R’ to ether side, with inscription, ‘XXI Anniversary of the Volunteer Movement MDCCCLXXXI’; reverse: St. Michael with sword and shield, with three armed knights representing England, Scotland and Ireland, protecting a woman with children, above, ‘Pro aris et focis’ (For faith and home) (Captain Samuel...
Hammer Price: £110
Bloomsbury Rifles, Centenary Medal 1897, obverse: regimental crest with soldiers to either side, ‘Bloomsbury Rifles, Prince Consort’s Own, 5th V.B. Rifle Brigade’; reverse: inscribed (name, rank, number impressed): ‘Centenary Medal, presented to 4118 Sergt. Cook G. S. Hellier, by the Annual Inspection, June 26th 1897, Col. Smith Richards V.D. commanding’, 33mm., bronze, unmounted; Volunteer Rifle Corps, obverse: regimental crest; reverse: engraved within a wreath of laurel, ‘Lc....
Hammer Price: £75
City of Bristol Rifle Volunteers (2), obverse: shield with crossed muskets above and scroll below, ‘In Danger Ready’; reverse: laurel wreath, with circumscription, ‘City of Bristol Rifle Volunteers’, centre engraved, ‘Private Howell (No. 1 Compy.) Best Judge of Distance of the Batn. 1863’, 39mm., silver, unmounted, ref: H.I. p.302, edge bruise to reverse; another, centre engraved, ‘1st VBGR Pte. Humphreys, A. Co., Highest Aggregate Wimbledon Competition 1889’, with scroll...
Hammer Price: £120
1st Cheshire Rifle Volunteers, obverse: a superb portrait head of Queen Victoria, crowned facing left, by J. Moore (1817-1901); reverse: within a wreath of laurel engraved, ‘3rd Best Shot 1st Cheshire Rifle Volunteers 1860’, 38mm., silver, straight bar suspension, with silver buckle on ribbon, nearly extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £160
2nd Cumberland Rifle Volunteers, five-armed cross, 40mm., silver, with enamelled centre, reverse engraved, ‘Won by Private Frears, 2nd Jany. 1865’, ring suspension, minor enamel damage, very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £80
1st Volunteer Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, obverse: shield with crossed rifles above and scroll below, ‘In Danger Ready’; reverse: laurel wreath with circumscription, ‘1st V.B. Gloucestershire Regiment’, centre engraved, ‘Lc. Corpl. P. J. Preston, G. Co. Best Shot 1904’, 38mm., bronze, scroll suspension, with bronze buckle on ribbon, in Lambert, Bristol case of issue, lid inscribed, ‘1st V.B. Gloucestershire Regiment 1905’; 3rd Volunteer Battalion Gloucestershire...
Hammer Price: £200
31st Regiment of Leicestershire Rifle Volunteers, obverse: diademed head of Queen Victoria left, by W. J. Taylor, London; reverse: crown with crossed muskets below and engraved, ‘10 Compy.’ (John Atkins. 1861), 38mm., silver, scroll suspension, with ribbon, heavy edge bruising, nearly very fine £40-60
London Rifle Brigade, by W. J. Taylor, London, obverse: soldier standing on guard on the coast, above, ‘Defence not Defiance’; reverse: within a wreath of oak and laurel leaves a scroll bearing the inscription, ‘London Rifle Brigade, Enrld. 1859’ (Colr. Serjt. G. Stuckey, Best Shot in O Compy. 1864), impressed naming, 34mm., silver, ring suspension, with ribbon, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine; 3rd London Rifle Volunteers, Napier 1901, by Vaughton, Birmingham,...
Hammer Price: £140
St. George Rifles or 11th Middlesex Volunteers, by C. E. Bryant, London, obverse: St. George on horseback with a dragon being trampled, enclosed by a garter bearing the legend, ‘Stare Super Vias Antiquas’; reverse: crossed muskets within a wreath of laurel leaves, ‘Winner of the Challenge Cup’ (W. Barrett, 1872), 51mm., silver-gilt, straight bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £80-100
36th Middlesex Paddington Rifle Volunteers, obverse: shield bearing mural crown and crossed swords; reverse: engraved within a wreath of laurel, ‘Regimental Championship 1896, Major A. W. Gange, V.D., points 122’, 35mm., silver, swivel ring suspension, with silver buckle on ribbon, nearly extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
North-East London Rifle Volunteers Five Year Efficiency Medal, 2 conjoined clasps (loose), ‘7 Years Efficient’, ‘1867’ (year engraved), reverse engraved, ‘E. T. R. Wilde, Captn., 1865’, 30mm., silver, with silver buckle on fragmentary ribbon, suspension rod slack and bent, good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £55
First North York Rifle Volunteers, 1 slip-on clasp, ‘V.R.’, obverse: head of Queen Victoria left; reverse: ‘The Fitzwilliam Challenge Cup, Inst. Oct. 1859’, engraved within a wreath of laurel, ‘Private Robert Hicks, 1861’, 36mm., silver, with ribbon, good very fine £80-100
Percy Artillery Volunteers Medal for Merit, 2 (loose) clasps, ‘For Merit’ (2), engraved on reverse, ‘1871’ and ‘1873’, obverse: diademed head of Queen Victoria left; reverse: a gunner loading a cannon, above, ‘Arty. Percy Volrs.’; in exergue: ‘MDCCCLXIII’, by L. C. Wyon, 36mm., silver, with scroll suspension and complete with ribbon, attractive, good very fine £80-100
Royal Victoria Rifles (2), by T. K. Pinches, obverse: diademed head of Queen Victoria left, ‘Royal Victoria Rifles, Established 1835’; reverse: crowned skull and cross-bones within a wreath of oak and laurel, with circumscription, ‘Presented annually by Capn. Ellis for the Best Rifle Shot’ (Won by G. T. Lee Esqr. 1848’), 37mm., silver-gilt, indistinct hallmarks on obverse, one-time mounted, slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine; another similar, reverse: crowned skull...
£120–£160
1st Surrey Artillery Volunteers, obverse: gun and limber with crown above, ‘1st Surrey Artillery Volr. Field Brigade, Lt. Col. Durnford Commanding’; reverse: engraved within oak wreath, ‘Brigade Champion Medal, 1866, Corpl. Emms’, 38mm., silver, swivel straight-bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £90
Pair: Colour Sergeant H. G. E. Saxby, 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteers Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (Col-Sergt., First Surrey Rifles 1896), engraved naming; First Surrey Rifle Volunteers Medallion, by J. S. Wyon, obverse: shield displaying a lion sat before a castle, below a scroll, ‘Concordia Victrix’, with the circumscription, ‘First Surrey Rifle Volunteers, Enrolled 24th June 1859’; reverse: laurel wreath, engraved, ‘“Four Stars” Challenge Trophy 1904, won by O. R....
Hammer Price: £220
Surrey Volunteer Rifle Association, by J. S. & A. B. Wyon, obverse: shield displaying a lion sat before a castle, below a scroll, ‘Concordia Victrix’, with circumscription, ‘Surrey Volunteer Rifle Association; reverse: ‘Doggett’s Volley Prize for Company Squads’ and engraved, ‘Won by 2nd Vol. Battn. Royal West Surrey, Capt. J. de Z. Colliers, A Company with 171 Marks, 1890’, 43mm., bronze, unmounted, edge bruise; South Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, obverse: crowned shield with...
Uxbridge (24th Middlesex) Rifle Volunteer Corps, obverse: three volunteers in uniform, engraved, ‘George Caleb Stockwell winner of the Challenge Cup, 1879’; reverse: finely engraved shield enclosed by a garter bearing the title of the unit, 51mm., silver, unmounted, slight edge bruising, good very fine £70-90
1st Warwickshire Rifles, 1 slip-on clasp, ‘V.R.’, obverse: a volunteer knelt firing a rifle, a volunteer in highland dress by his side, ‘In Defence’; reverse: engraved within a wreath of laurel, ‘1st Warwickshire Rifles, 41st Regiment, Battalion Prize Medal, won by Serjt. W. M. Cooper, 1869’, by J. Moore, 41mm., silver, scroll suspension, with silver buckle on ribbon, good very fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £130
Pair: Gunner A. J. Godfrey, 1st Warwickshire Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers 1st Warwickshire Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers, cross-shaped, ‘Winners of Competitive Gun Practice, 2nd Battery, Aber Camp, 1905’, named, silver; another, star-shaped, rev engraved, ‘Gunr. A. J. Godfrey, 1907’, silver 1st Warwickshire Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers (2), cross-shaped, ‘Winners of Competitive Gun Practice, 4th Battery, Bare Camp, 1902’, ‘Signr. Dowler’, silver;...
1st West Yorkshire Royal Engineers Volunteers, obverse: coat-of-arms; reverse: engraved, ‘Shooting Club, First Class 1897-8, 2nd Aggregate, Six Shoots, Presented by Lt. Col. Bingham J.P.’ (Corpl. Buckley), 31mm., silver, ball and ring mount, with ribbon, good very fine £30-40
Three: Quarter Master Sergeant A. R. Greenwood, 4th West Yorkshire Volunteer Rifles Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (Qr. Mas. Sergt. A. R. Greenwood, From March 1862 to November 1887), engraved naming; Volunteers Medal, 1 slip-on clasp, ‘4th W.Y.V.R.’, obverse: volunteer knelt firing rifle, engraved, ‘Challenge Medal, No. 2 Coy., 1871 Sergt. Greenwood, 1872 won by Col. Sgt. Greenwood’; reverse: engraved with a wreath of laurel, ‘1861 Sergt. Cockerham, 1862 Wm. Brown, 1863...
Hammer Price: £500
Weymouth Rifle Volunteers, town coat-of-arms with crown above; reverse: circumscription, ‘Presented by John Trenchard Trenchard, D.C.L. Deptt. Lievtt.’, engraved within a wreath of oak, ‘Won by Sergeant I. L. Stevens, 1878’, 51mm., silver, unmounted, nearly extremely fine £60-80
Edinburgh Artillery Volunteers (?), by Alex Kirkwood & Son, Edinburgh, obverse: soldier standing firing musket; reverse: gunners manning a heavy cannon on the city walls, Union flag flying above; in exergue: engraved, ‘Presented by Captain Laing, No. 3 Battery E.A.V.’, 38mm., silver, with scroll suspension, with ribbon, attractive, nearly extremely fine £60-80
2nd Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers, by A. Kirkwood & Son, Edinburgh, obverse: a volunteer knelt firing rifle, two others observing; reverse: a wreath of holly, with circumscription, ‘The “Maxwell” Cup, 2nd Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers’, centre engraved, ‘Private Andrew McComie, 30th October 1869’, 48mm., silver, unmounted, edge bruise, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Artillery Volunteers Medal, by W. J. Taylor, London, obverse: gunner standing to attention by a cannon, tents in the background; reverse: engraved within a laurel wreath, ‘Edward Dowling, 1862’, 38mm., silver, fitted with a swivel straight bar suspension incorporating a shield coat-of-arms with the motto ‘Decus et Tutamen’ (An honour and a protection), with ribbon, extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £300
1st Manchester Rifles, by J. S. Wyon, obverse: mediaeval archer drawing bow, in left field ‘A.D. 1400’; reverse: in the centre a volunteer knelt firing a rifle, above, ‘In Defence’, with engraved circumscription, ‘The Winner of the Challenge Cup of No. 8 1st Manchester Rifles, 1862’ (Private William Joseph Birks), 52mm., silver, unmounted, good very fine £80-100
7th Surrey Rifles (2), by W. J. Taylor, London, obverse: a volunteer knelt firing a rifle, engraved above, ‘7th Surrey Rifles’ and below, ‘Tuebor’; reverse: a laurel wreath, engraved above, ‘Lieut. Col. Beresford’s Challenge Cup’, engraved in centre, ‘Won in 1865 by Py. Mstr. Collins’, 42mm., silver, unmounted; another, reverse centre engraved, ‘Won in 1868 by Sergt. F. Andrews, No.3 Compy.’, good very fine (2) £80-100
Rifle Volunteer Medal, by W. J. Taylor, London, obverse: a volunteer knelt firing a rifle; reverse: a wreath of oak and laurel with crown above, centre engraved, ‘Colour Sergt. Bewick, 1869’, 39mm., silver, swivel-ring suspension, edge nick, good very fine £40-60
£40–£60
South Eastern District Challenge Cup Medal, E.VII.R. (Sergt. C. Donovan, 1 V.B. R. Sussex Regt. 1903), 38mm., silver, scroll suspension, with silver brooch bar and ribbon, nearly extremely fine £40-50
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