Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Launceston Volunteers, silver prize medal, 65mm x 50mm excluding suspension; Obv: Standing rifleman shooting right, legend ‘Launceston Volunteers’ around over date ‘1799’; Rev: ‘Awarded by the Officers of the Launceston Volunteers to Mr John Bates Best Shot in the Corps’, with silver loop suspension, very fine £300-400

Sold by Glendining’s 1903.

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