Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Bedfordshire Volunteers Medal 1804, a circular engraved medal with multi-stepped border, 56mm, silver (no hallmarks), the obverse featuring the arms and motto of Luton and the legend ‘Bedfordshire Volunteers’, the reverse inscribed ‘Merit Rewarded by the Officers of the Luton Company to Mr John Yates. He being the best shot for the year 1804’, with horizontal loop suspension, good very fine £180-220

Provenance: N. E. C. Molyneux Collection.
Referenced in Balmer, V.A.383.

Note: Owing to the uncertainty that exists with the original provenance and manufacture of some early engraved Volunteer Medals, this lot is sold as viewed.