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Auction: 12004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 80

Royal Bristol Volunteers 1816
A somewhat ovoid struck medal, 55mm x 36mm, silver, obverse featuring Bristol Coat of Arms, ´Royal Bristol Volunteers´ inscribed above and ´In Danger Ready´ below, reverse inscribed ´Imbodied for the Maintenance of Public Order & Protection of their fellow Citizens of the Threat of Invasion by France MDCCXCVII. Revived at the Renewal of Hostilities MDCCCIII. Disbanded when the Deliverance of Europe was Accomplished by the Perseverance and Magnanimity of Great Britain and Her Allies MDCCCXIV´ in centre, ´GR´ above and ´Pro Patria´ below, nearly extremely fine and one of the most intricate obverse strikings seen on a Volunteer award

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