Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, silver (hallmarks for London 1895) and silver-gilt, the reverse engraved ‘Rev. Evans Belcher. I. V. Bn. Staff: Reg: 1876. 1896.’, with integral top riband bar, good very fine £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell.

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Evans Belcher was appointed Acting Chaplain of the 28th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps on 8 March 1876, and was awarded the Volunteer Officers’ Decoration in November 1896, whilst serving as Acting Chaplain of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s North Staffordshire Regiment.