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Yarmouth Volunteer<br />

Infantry 1803<br />

A large oval engraved<br />

medal with triple-stepped<br />

rim, 71mm x 57mm, silver<br />

(Hallmarks for 1803),<br />

obverse featuring Britannia<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ing in a defiant pose,<br />

one h<strong>and</strong> on hip, the other<br />

supporting a spear, with<br />

the Union flag flying<br />

behind, lion couchant at<br />

feet, ‘Yarmouth Volunteer<br />

Infantry’ inscribed on<br />

rib<strong>and</strong> below, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘The Best Shot of<br />

the Corps Mr. W. Jacobs<br />

1803’, laurel wreath<br />

around, very fine<br />

£280-320<br />

Referenced in Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, October 1971<br />

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Yorkshire Volunteers,<br />

5th North Riding<br />

Regiment 1811<br />

A large circular engraved<br />

medal with doublestepped<br />

rim, 57mm, silver,<br />

obverse featuring a<br />

Crowned bugle horn in<br />

central field, ‘G’ <strong>and</strong> ‘R’ to<br />

the left <strong>and</strong> right,<br />

‘Yorkshire Volunteers’<br />

above, ‘5th North Riding<br />

Regiment’ below, reverse<br />

inscribed ‘Reward for<br />

Military Merit awarded to<br />

John Taylor 1811’, good<br />

very fine, with silver ring<br />

suspension<br />

£280-320<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

C.J. Dixon, June 1973<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

WWW.spiNK.Com<br />

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