Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Liverpool Volunteers, circular silver engraved medal, raised rim, heavy gauge, 40mm, obverse: Arms of Colonel Bolton, on a scroll beneath ‘Royal Liverpool Volunteers’; reverse: beneath a crown, ‘Lieut. Colonel Bolton to Corporal I. Cross for his faithful services August 25 1806’, riveted silver loop for suspension, very fine £200-£300

Similar medals referenced in Balmer’s unpublished work on Volunteer Medals (September 1985), V543. The medals appear to have been prepared in advance apart from the name, which was added in a space in slightly different lettering. There are two varieties, one for sergeants in silver-gilt, the other for corporals in silver. Examples known to one sergeant and five corporals.

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.