Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1st Volunteer Battalion, Gordon Highlanders’ Shooting Medal, an attractive circular silver award, obverse engraved, ‘Marksman Challenge Medal / Presented by the Officers / 1887’, reverse engraved, ‘Won by / Corpl. Alexr. Thomson, 1887 / Sergeant H. O. Gardiner, 1888 / Private Alex. Thomson, 1889 / Sergeant H. O. Gardiner, 1890’, with elaborate thistle-design surround band bearing four intersecting plain bands with engraved inscriptions ‘E Company’, ‘1st Vol. Batt.’, ‘Gordon’ and ‘Highrs.’, 55mm. diam., integral crossed rifles’ suspension device, with two rings, good very fine; together with Gordon Highlanders’ Tug-of-War Medals (2), the first a circular silver award, obverse engraved, within raised laurel wreath, ‘53rd Batt. / Gordon Highlanders’, reverse engraved ‘II nd / Tug of War / 14th June 1919’, 31mm. diam., one or two surface scratches, good very fine; and the second a circular bronze award, obverse with raised regimental badge and motto, reverse with athlete pulling rope, the edge engraved, ‘1930 Tug-of-War, Catch Weight, 1st’, 32mm. diam., extremely fine (3) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to The Gordon Highlanders and Associated Units from the Collection of A.J. Henderson.

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