NAM.1975-12-1-1

Shooting Medal, awarded to Robert Evans, St James’s Westminster Volunteers, 1804. Silver gilt. With loose ring fitting through a pierced spigot. The rim decorated in the centre by a continuous band of laurel leaves. Obverse: Within a raised rim, an engraved trophy of arms, superimposed upon the centre of which is a garter surmounted by a crown, the garter bearing the title: ‘LOYAL VOLUNTEERS’, and enclosing the initials ‘SJW’ or ‘SIW’. Reverse: Within a raised rim, an eight-pointed rayed star, superimposed upon the centre of which is a garter enclosing the following inscription: ‘Presented by / LIEUT. WM. A. BECKETT / to / MR. ROBT. EVANS / of the 7th Compy / for the Second / Best Shot / Augt 30th 1804.’ Upon the uppermost point of the star the hallmark for London 1804-1805. Maker’s mark AK (Abstainando King) in an oblong cartouche.