Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

3rd Wiltshire Rifle Volunteers Medal, by J. S. Wyon, 38mm, silver, the obverse featuring a knelt rifleman shooting, ‘In Defence of Our Queen and Country’ embossed and ‘1861’ engraved below figure; the reverse engraved within a wreath of oak and laurel, ‘3rd Wilts. Rifle Volunteers, Malmesbury’, with claw and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £50-£70

Provenance: Brigadier Brian Parritt Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2007.