Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Westminster Volunteers, circular silver-gilt engraved medal, raised rim, 55mm, obverse: ‘R.W.R.V.’ above a portcullis, hallmarked London 1803; reverse: ‘Presented to the 5th Company by Major Twining Won May 15th 1804 by Mr. John Dunn’, pierced with ring for suspension, very fine £200-£300

A similar medal referenced in Balmer’s unpublished work on Volunteer Medals (September 1985), V961 - Add 129, ‘Presented to the 7th Company by Major Twining Won May 15th 1804 by Corporal Edmonds.’

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.