The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Essex Light Dragoons, a group of three Volunteer medals: silver engraved medal (1795), 52mm., with reeded rim, a crown surmounting a garter with usual motto, within the garter the emblem of Essex (3 sceaxes), below on a scroll ‘Tebor’; rev: ‘Essex Light Dragoons. Reward for Military Virtue from Col. Montague Burgoyne’, surrounded by a palm wreath, small loop for suspension; silver engraved medal (1799), inscribed ‘Courage Tempered by Humanity. Swords June 24th 1799’; rev: ‘A Token of Merit Coll. M. Burgoyne to Serjt. Jno. Jennings Essex Lt. Ds.’, pierced and fitted with small ring and later silver bar suspension (from a Military Cross); and a struck copper medal (1820), 40mm, similar in design to the engraved medal of 1795, the last fine, otherwise very fine (3) £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Referenced in Balmer, V333, Add 171, and V334C.

Sold with copied Pay Lists and Muster Rolls for April 1799 to January 1800 showing John Jennings’ promotions to Sergeant in June 1798 and to Quartermaster in January 1800. Swords is a village on the road to Lusk, about 10 miles north of Dublin. In the period covering the date shown on his medal, 24 June 1799, he is shown as being on ‘Detachment, Man of War,’ but note that Man of War is a small hamlet, part of Lusk.

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.