NAM.1975-06-73-5
Shooting medal awarded to Mr William Porter, No 2 Company, St Olave’s Loyal Volunteers (Southwark), 1810. Silver, flattened loop suspender and split steel ring. On the reverse a border decorated with an engraved design of laurel leaves and berries.
Diameter: 40 mm
Obverse, around the top third of the border: ‘PRIZE MEDAL’ Obverse, around the lower two thirds of the border: ‘PRO REGE ET PATRIA’ Obverse, centre: ‘ST O.L.V. / Southwark / Division / G III R’ Reverse, within the border: ‘Awarded / to / Mr William Porter / The Best Marksman / No 2 Company / Nov 1810’ Reverse, below the inscription, the hallmark: London 1810-1811 Maker’s mark, in an oblong cartouche: ‘Jo J’ (John Johnson)