Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

73rd Highlanders 1816, engraved silver medal, 53mm. in diameter, Obv. crowned ‘GR’ with ‘73’ above and ‘Second Battn. Highlanders’ below, with sprigs of thistle to either side; Rev. inscribed, ‘A Reward for Military Merit given by the Officers to John Williams 1816, Mangalore’, 52mm., silver, with fixed ring suspension, good very fine £400-500

Ref. Balmer R.460. Ex D.N.W. March 2008.

John Williams served as Paymaster of the Northamptonshire Militia prior to being appointed, on the recommendation of Lieutenant-General Harris, to the Paymastership of the 2nd Battalion 73rd Foot on 31 May 1810. He served in this capacity throughout the active service period of the battalion. Placed on Half Pay on 13 December 1821, he died c.1824.

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