Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Birmingham Volunteers and the Peace of Amiens, Silver Presentation Medal, 1802, the figure of the Arts and Sciences presents a medal to Mars, FOR TRUE PATRIOTISM, rev legend in wreath and engraved naming in tablet, PRESENTED TO "Jno Mabson 8th Compy Birm Loyl Associatn" BY THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM, MAY XXVIII MDCCCII, 48mm (Hastings Irwin, 2nd edition, p.222). Very fine.
In 1797 the Birmingham Loyal Association of Volunteers was formed in two companies, one of horse and one of foot, each 500 strong, under the commands of Capt Pearson and Lord Brooke. They held their first parade in Coleshill Street, 15 August 1797. In 1802 they became The Loyal Birmingham Volunteers Corps and had the honour of escorting Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton when they visited the town the same year. A John Mabson is listed as a gun maker in Birmingham who formed a partnership with John Dunderdale in 1808, expanding it in 1813 to include James Augustus Labron.
Estimate: £100-150
In 1797 the Birmingham Loyal Association of Volunteers was formed in two companies, one of horse and one of foot, each 500 strong, under the commands of Capt Pearson and Lord Brooke. They held their first parade in Coleshill Street, 15 August 1797. In 1802 they became The Loyal Birmingham Volunteers Corps and had the honour of escorting Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton when they visited the town the same year. A John Mabson is listed as a gun maker in Birmingham who formed a partnership with John Dunderdale in 1808, expanding it in 1813 to include James Augustus Labron.
Estimate: £100-150