Back in Victorian times, the Loyal Volunteers were ready to serve their country as armed soldiers if need arose. They practised regularly and certainly had skills as marksmen. We have seen a couple of pictures of the men on this blog and also buttons found by a local metal detectorist.
Loyal Volunteers were able to earn long service awards and today we show one such award.
Medal ‘For long service in the Volunteer Force’
Nobody is named on this medal and we do not know who it belonged to. But many local men served lengthy periods in the Volunteer Force.
The other side has an image of Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria is on the other side
This is a fairly elderly looking queen and that suggests the medal was awarded, perhaps in the 1880s or 1890s.
It’s a lovely item but it would be good to know more about it.
Market Lavington Museum 