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112<br />

Newcastle Volunteers 1806<br />

A finely engraved circular medal, 46mm, silver<br />

(Hallmarks on edge indistinct), obverse featuring a<br />

Roman Centurion leading a Militiaman to a seated<br />

Britannia with lion couchant behind, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Prize Medal presd. by Coll. Clennell to Mark<br />

Lambert, Rifle Compy. N.V.’, ‘Decr. 24 1806’ below,<br />

‘Engl<strong>and</strong> Expects Every Man to do his Duty’ around,<br />

some edge bruising <strong>and</strong> light contact marks, very fine,<br />

with silver ring suspension<br />

£180-220<br />

A similar medal to Thomas Johnson, Left Battalion,<br />

Newcastle Volunteers, 24th December 1806 is referenced in<br />

Hastings Irwin<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, December 1975<br />

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113<br />

48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot 1819<br />

A circular engraved medal with single-stepped rim,<br />

37mm, silver, obverse featuring a Royal Crown above<br />

‘48’, ‘Thos. Davison.’ on central rib<strong>and</strong>, ‘1819’<br />

below, ‘Northamptonshire’ around, reverse inscribed<br />

‘Oporto, Talavera, Albuera, Rodrigo, Badajos,<br />

Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes,<br />

Toulouse’, laurel leaves around, good very fine, with<br />

integral silver hinged suspension bar <strong>and</strong> M.G.S.<br />

rib<strong>and</strong><br />

£300-350<br />

A similar medal instituted in April 1819 is illustrated <strong>and</strong><br />

referenced in Hastings Irwin to a different recipient. Hastings<br />

Irwin states that the reverse refers to the number of Peninsula<br />

Battles in which the recipient was engaged; these vary in<br />

number from 1 to 11.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

J.B. Hayward, July 1972

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