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Union Infantry Volunteers 1799. A large oval engraved medal with decorated rim with rose, thistle, and shamrock at top, 85mm x 57mm, silver (Hallmarks for Chester 1799), obverse engraved with Regimental banner, ‘Union Infantry Volunteers’ around, reverse engraved ‘Won by Private F Newan at a trial of Shooting at Target First Prize 1799’, with integral loop suspension, good very fine £140-£180
Hammer Price: £100
Hans Town Association Volunteers 1799. A circular engraved medal with triple-stepped rim, 52mm, silver, unmarked, obverse engraved with crowned ‘GR’ within wreath of roses, ‘Hans Town Association’ above, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Capt. Penny to Mr. Thomas Price Adjudged best shot 100 Yards 23rd July 1799’, with small loop and ring suspension, minor denting, very fine £100-£140
Hammer Price: £120
Colonel Williams’ Corps of Volunteers 1800. A circular engraved medal with integral double-stepped rim, 42mm, silver (Hallmarks for London 1800), obverse engraved with Coat of Arms featuring crossed foxes and inscribed ‘Colonel Williams’ above and ‘Corps of Volunteers’ below, reverse inscribed ‘J. Carey, Best Shot wh. Ball at 100 Yds. August 1800’, with integral ring suspension, minor dints, otherwise very fine £100-£140
Hammer Price: £80
Shropshire Volunteers 1802. A circular struck medal, 45mm, gilt, obverse featuring Britannia seated, with shield and lion, ‘Shropshire Volunteers’ engraved above, ‘Best Shot’ in exergue, reverse engraved ‘Lieut. Cureton 1802’ within wreath, with integral loop suspension, good very fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £150
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
Hammer Price: £240
Yarmouth Volunteer Infantry 1803. A large oval engraved medal with triple-stepped rim, 71mm x 57mm, silver (Hallmarks for 1803), obverse engraved with Britannia standing in a defiant pose, one hand on hip, the other supporting a spear, with the Union flag flying behind, lion couchant at feet, ‘Yarmouth Volunteer Infantry’ inscribed on riband below, reverse inscribed ‘The Best Shot of the Corps Mr. W. Jacobs 1803’, laurel wreath around, with integral loop suspension, very fine ...
£200–£240
Tower Hamlet Volunteers 1804. A circular engraved medal with double-stepped rim, 50mm, silver (Hallmarks for 1804), obverse engraved ‘Ratcliff Division of Tower Hamlet Volunteers’ within wreath, reverse engraved ‘The gift of Captn. Easum to Serjt. Balfour of the third Company being the best shot at Highbury Septr, 27 1804’, pierced at top for suspension, good very fine £160-£200
£160–£200
Llandaff Volunteers 1805. An oval engraved medal with decorated rim, 58mm x 43mm, silver, unmarked, obverse engraved with regimental crest in centre with ‘GR’ and crown above, and regimental title and ‘1805’ engraved around, reverse engraved ‘The Best Shot at Ball Practice, John Davies, Corpl., May Firings 1805’, with integral loop suspension, good very fine £200-£240
Hammer Price: £180
Royal Flint Regiment 1807. A circular engraved medal with double-stepped rim, 56mm, silver, unmarked, obverse engraved ‘George Rex III’ above crown, ‘1807’ below, ‘Royal Flint Regiment’ on riband around, reverse inscribed ‘James Wilkie Best Shot wh. Ball at 100 Yards September Firings’, with integral ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £140-£180
The Craven Legion 1808. An oval engraved medal with decorated rim, 72mm x 51mm, silver, unmarked, obverse engraved with crossed Regimental and Union Banners, with Crown above and Bugle suspended, ‘The Craven Legion Ball Firing Prize’ below, all within rope border, reverse engraved ‘Adjudged to Henry Whittam Distance Shot at 100 Yards 1st July 1808’ within rope border, with integral loop suspension, minor correction to recipient’s surname, good very fine £160-£200
Royal Clarence Regiment of the Cardiganshire Local Militia 1812. An oval engraved medal with double-stepped rim, 67mm x 53mm, silver, unmarked, obverse engraved with regimental crest and title, with ‘The Best Shot’ on scroll below, reverse engraved ‘John Williams, 7 Sep. 1812 from Lieutenant Colonel George Price’, with integral loop suspension, good very fine £140-£180
Surrey Rifle Volunteers 1813. An oval finely engraved medal with double-stepped rim, 58mm x 44mm, silver (Hallmarks for London 1812), obverse engraved with a defensive, patriotic lion astride a trophy of arms including cannon, Union flag, drum &c. on a bed of roses, ‘Surrey Rifle Volunteers’ above, ‘Merit Rewarded’ in exergue, reverse inscribed ‘The Gift of Cptn. Commandant John Dabbs to Mr. H. M. Young, Best Shot at Ball Practice June 1813’, with integral flattened loop...
Dundee-Edinburgh Rifle Club 1855. A circular engraved with heavy decorated rim, 48mm, silver, maker’s mark but not hallmarked, obverse engraved ‘Presented to the Dun-Edin Rifle Club by Mr Alexr. Henry, Captain’, reverse engraved ‘Gained by Mr. James Laing August 26th 1855.’, with integral ring suspension, minor dinting, nearly extremely fine £100-£140
Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers 1865. A circular engraved medal with decorated rim, 49mm, silver (Hallmarks for Glasgow 1862), obverse engraved with a kneeling Rifleman in the firing position, ‘In Defence of our Queen and Country’ around, reverse engraved ‘7th. R.R.V. Annual Competition. First Prize with £2 won by Sergt. Pollock. 1865.’, with integral loop and straight bar suspension, good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £140
Banffshire Artillery Volunteers 1871. A circular engraved medal with decorated rim, 43mm, silver, maker’s mark but not hallmarked, obverse engraved ‘2nd Banffshire Artillery Volunteers Banff Challenge Medal 1871’, reverse engraved ‘Best Shot Pte. H. Pirie’, with integral loop and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £95
Varsity Match 1895. A Varsity Match Prize Cross for the Chancellor’s Plate, 69mm x 69mm, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1895), the obverse featuring the shields of both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, conjoined ‘OC’ below; the reverse engraved ‘Bisley 1895 Oxford & Cambridge Chancellors Plate Capt. C. J. Ferguson Davie Trin: Hall Camb:’, with small loop affixed to reverse; together with Charterhouse School Shooting Medallion, 54mm, silver, ‘For the Best Aggregate Score in...
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. A First Surrey Rifle Volunteers Medal, 43mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘The Pollock Challenge Cup 1866 Won by Colr. Sergt. R. A. Puckle. No.4 Compy.’; a circular stuck medal, 39mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘4th L.R.V. Won by Henry Lord, 2nd. Best Shot. 1st Period 1871’; a silver cross, 28mm, the obverse engraved ‘3rd. Company 39th. Mid. R.V.C. Champion Badge’, the reverse engraved ‘Won by Serjt. G. Page 1877.’, with ring suspension; and...
Hammer Price: £60
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. A plain circular disc, 32mm, silver, hallmarked but lacking date letter, obverse engraved with a kneeling Rifleman in the firing position, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Capt. White to the Best Marksman of No. 2 Company Huntingdon for the year 1866’, pierced with three small holes (one plugged) presumably for affixing to a coat; together with a circular metal disk, the obverse engraved ‘No. 2 This Medal presented by the officers to Royal Bird as a reward...
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. A silver shield, the obverse engraved ‘B.P.R.A. 1899. BCoy. 2nd. Bn: The Welsh Reg. Volleys 800 Indpt: 600. No.1751. Sergt: Japp. J. Sec: Comdr.’, with pin-back suspension; two City of Edinburgh and Midlothian Rifle Association Caledonian Challenge Shields, bronze, both unnamed, one fitted with an outer gilt band; and a Welsh Miniature Rifle Association silver and enamel shield, unnamed, with small ring suspension, nearly very fine and better (4) £60-£80
£60–£80
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. A North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles struck medal, 38mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Best Shot Revolver Class Firing 1903-04 Won by Capt. F. T. Millard’; a 12th Royal Lancers engraved medal, 39mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘XII Royal Lancers Best Shot of the Sergeants 1907-08 Sergt. W. W. Simkins’, with loop and ring suspension; an Egypt Command Small Arms Meeting struck medal, 39mm, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1930), the reverse engraved...
Hammer Price: £40
Miscellaneous Shooting Medals. Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Medal, 46mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘The Macdonald Tobacco Match’; a British Colombia Rifle Association Medal, 45mm, silver, unnamed; a New Brunswick Engineers Rifle Club Medal, 36mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Sap. E. O’Shaughnessy by Capt. Geo. Kerr Berton Nov. 2. 1876’, fitted with clip and straight bar suspension; and a fine Auckland Cadet Corps Medal, 45mm, silver, the reverse engraved...
Hammer Price: £220
A South African Transvaal Bisley Competitor’s Badge. A thin curved silver competitor's badge, 67mm, with crowned armorial shield against four Transvaal vignettes, the reverse inscribed ‘Transvaal Bisley 1906’, with pin brooch to reverse, in Mappin & Webb, Johannesburg, fitted case; together with a small Transvaal Rifle Association medal, 32mm, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1903), unnamed, good very fine (2) £60-£80
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