Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 November 2015

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1063

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26 November 2015

Estimate: £250–£350

Benwell & Weymouth Volunteers, silver prize medal, 65mm x 45mm, excluding suspension; Obv: Crowned ‘GR’ cypher with legend ‘Benwell & Weymouth Volunteersabove, ‘Target Prize 2nd Compy,’ below; Rev: ‘The Award of Merit & Skill in Firing, from Capt. Weymouth. Won by Pte. E. F. Barker’, the broad rim engraved with date ‘August 2. 1802’ and with indistinct hallmarks, nearly very fine £250-350

Ex N. E. C. Molyneux Collection.

Due to the uncertainty that exists with regard to the provenance and manufacture of these early Volunteer awards, this lot is sold as viewed.