Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

National Rifle Association, King’s Trophy Competition, obv. ‘Presented by the King to encourage youth in the hope that friendly competition and efficient training may help it to forge new links of Empire’; rev. semi-naked archer, ‘For Special Distinction’ (J. P. Dugal, Lt. Col.), crude impressed naming, an earlier(?) name ‘... Din, 192?’ has been partially erased, 51mm., silver; Cadet Trophy, by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, obv. five-line inscription (name, place and date engraved) within a laurel wreath, ‘N.R.A. Cadet Trophy A. M. D. Robertson, Bisley, 1913’; rev. an ancient archer and a rifle volunteer, side by side, dated in field ‘1300, 1500 & 1860’, in exergue, ‘Sit Perpetuum’, 57mm., silver, in Elkington, London case of issue; The Cottesloe Vase, obv. inscription within laurel wreath; rev. as previous (N. E. Gabriel, Bisley VIII. 1931), 38mm., silver, faint hallmark; The Wakefield Medal, obv. six-line inscription, ‘N.R.A. British Colonies and Protectorates Overseas Match’; rev. coat-of-arms (C/Sgt. A. J. Hooper, R.M., Malta G.C. 1956), 41mm., silver, very fine and better (4) £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Shooting medals from the James N. Spencer Collection.

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