Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade, No. 8 Company, gold shooting medal by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, 55mm x 41mm excluding suspension rings, 18-carat?, 26.87g inclusive, obverse: within a raised border of thistles quartered by arrowheads, each bearing a bullet, ‘Presented by Mrs James S. Morton 1880’, the whole surmounted by a suspension comprising crossed carbines entwined by a ribbon inscribed ‘In Defence’ suspended from two small rings; reverse: central engraved arms of the city of Edinburgh with maker’s stamp ‘H & I’ below, surrounded by two panels with stippled grounds inscribed ‘No. 8 Company’ and ‘Q.E.R.V.B.’, inscribed on the edge ‘Sergt. J. Ritchie, 1909’ and Corp. J. Alcorn, 1910’, complete with gold suspension brooch inscribed ‘L. Sgt. A. H. Wiseman, 1911’, a very fine quality and most unusual piece £600-£800