Auction Catalogue

5 & 6 December 2018

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1176

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6 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£140

Preston Volunteers Medal 1804, a circular engraved medal with floreate border, 51mm, silver (hallmarks for London 1804), the obverse featuring a Union Flag supported by a lion and a Volunteer, ‘Sub Hoc Signo Vinces’ on scroll above, ‘Preston Volunteers’ on scroll below, the reverse inscribed ‘Prize Medal given by Colnl. Grimshaw to be shot for at the Monthly Firings’, ‘Instituted September 1804’ on scroll below, with integral floreate loop suspension with small silver chain, good very fine £140-180

Referenced in Balmer, V.744.

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.