Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Dukinfield Independent Riflemen 1807, a struck silver medal, 43mm. diameter, Obv. a soldier kneeling left and firing, inscribed above, ‘Duckinfield Independent Riflemen’ and in exergue, ‘Embodied July XVII MDCCCIV’; Rev. engraved within an oak wreath, ‘To Troopr Hurst for firing the best at the Target March 2d 1807’, with circumscription, ‘Presented by Captain Francis Duckinfield Astley’, pierced for ring suspension, attempted erasure of ‘Troopr Hurst’, edge bruising, nearly very fine £120-160

Duckinfield is a town in Greater Manchester, Lancashire.