Orders, Decorations and Medals

Abergavenny Volunteers 1804, engraved silver medal with chased border and integral ring for suspension, 58 mm, crown and Prince of Wales’ feathers, inscribed ‘For the best shot in the Abergavenny Volunteers’; Rev. ‘The Reward of Merit won by Sergt. John Thomas at a competition with ball at 200 yards, 18 August 1804’, very fine

Cf. D. Hastings Irwin, p.288. Sold with a detailed history of the Abergavenny Volunteers by Philip Haythornthwaite, 1987. Due to the uncertainty that exists with regard to the provenance and manufacture of these early Volunteer awards, this lot is sold as viewed, not subject to return.