NAM.1975-05-45-13

Shooting medal presented by Sir John Henniker, Baronet, Loyal United West and East Ham Volunteers, 1801. Gilt metal, raised rim on both sides, suspended by a riveted flat loop and loose ring from a clip attached to florally decorated gilt bar. Supporting the bar and suspended from a similar bar, a crimson ribbon 38 mm wide with a central gilt buckle fitting. Obverse, centrally, the Arms and Crest of Sir John Henniker Baronet bearing an escutcheon of pretence for his wife née Ann Major, daughter of Sir John Major: Or, on a chevron gules, between two crescents in chief and in base an escallop azure, two estoiles argent (Henniker). The escutcheon, placed centrally upon the shield and upon the centre of the chevron is: azure, three columns of the Corinthian order, two and one, (Major). As the Arms of a baronet, the escutcheon agent, a sinister hand erect, couped at the wrist and appaumé, gules, is placed in middle chief. Crest: an escallop or charged with an estoile gules. Above and flanking the Arms and crest, a scroll bearing the title: ‘THE LOYAL UNITED WEST AND EAST HAM VOLUNTEERS’. Reverse: Within an engraved border line, and above all, a scroll with Sir John Henniker’s motto.