Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (1st. Vol. Battn. Hants Regt. + 59-Cr. Sergt. F. Gamester. 1865-1903) engraved naming, the end date ‘1903’ added in a later hand, extremely fine £80-£100

Frank Gamester was born in Andover, Hampshire, in 1848 and was by profession a Printer’s Overseer. He served with the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and died in Andover in 1932.