Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Fifeshire Volunteers 1802.
A circular engraved medal with thistle decorated rim, 58mm, silver, with some faint partial Edinburgh? hallmarks, obverse engraved with ornate crowned ‘GR’, with ‘Reward of Merit’ above and ‘Fifeshire Volunteers’ below, reverse engraved ‘Won by Ensign R. Wilkie, Best Shot with Ball at the Hundred Yards Target Practice 27th April 1802’, within a wreath of laurel, with ornate swivel ring suspension, some hairline cracks, very fine £260-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Volunteer and Shooting Medals.

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Murray Collection, Glendining’s, May 1926.

Owing to the uncertainty that exists with regard to the original provenance and manufacture of some early engraved Regimental and Volunteer Medals, this lot is sold as viewed.