Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Four: Sergeant J. Osborne, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment

Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (868 Sergt. J. Osborne, 1st V.B. Leicestershire Regt.), engraved naming, with riband buckle brooch-bar for wearing; 1st Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment shooting medal, bronze, taking the form of a central regimental shield with title around, upon an engraved decorative oval-shaped wreath, with double-ring and bugle suspension, with upper loop for wearing, 35mm. by 50mm. (overall height); 1st Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment shooting medal, silver, obverse, laurel wreath in relief, the centre engraved, ‘Won By Sergt, J. Osborne’, reverse, engraved, ‘1st Volunteer Battn. Leicestershire Regt. Shooting Club, Best Shot, H. Compy., 1894’, 39mm., with decorative brooch-bar for wearing; 1st Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment shooting medal, silver, obverse, crossed rifles with laurel wreath, and crown above, reverse, engraved within laurel wreath, ‘1st Volunteer Batt. Leicestershire Regt. Shooting Club, H. Company, 1898, Won By Sergt. J. Osborne’, 39mm., with decorative brooch-bar for wearing, the second a little bent and with signs of re-riveted central shield, otherwise very fine and better (4) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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