Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Westminster Regiment of Volunteers Medal 1804, a circular engraved medal with multi-stepped border, 56mm, silver-gilt (hallmarks for London 1803), the obverse featuring the Westminster portcullis with chains, ‘R.W.V.R.’ above, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to the 7th Company by Major Twining Won May 15th 1804 by Corporal Edmonds’, pierced with ring suspension, good very fine £180-220

Referenced in Balmer, V.A.129.

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.