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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 927

(x) Society for the Defence of the Country Medal

(1804), silver, 53mm, obverse, Volunteer rifleman standing firing right, undulating ground behind, six tents in the right middle distance, a thistle and rose in the foreground, legend above ‘Best shot at ball practice’; reverse, crowned garter with usual motto, engraved around ‘Prize Medal - Third Best Shot’, and within the garter ‘Shot for by the HC & SV Rifle Company’, rim pierced at top for suspension but this lacking, very fine

PROVENANCE:
DNW, 5 April 2006, Lot 1261.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£95

Starting price
£50