Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Loyal Lincolnshire Volunteers Medal 1799, silver, engraved, 67mm diameter, obverse: a cut out shield engraved with the arms of Lord Brownlow within a flat circle inscribed ‘Loyal Lincolnshire Volunteers’; reverse: the cut out shield inscribed ‘This Medal is presented to Private E. Collyer as an Award of Merit, He being declared Best Shot in the Comapany October 9th. 1799’, the flat circle inscribed ‘The Rt. Honble. Lord Brownlow, Captain’, with partial hallmark, fitted with ring for suspension, very fine £200-£300

Provenance: Colonel Murray Collection 1926.

Referenced in Balmer V534.

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.