Pair: Captain C. E. Paterson, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1900, with integral top riband bar; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (Lieut. C. E. Paterson. 1/V:B: Hamp: R.) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180

Charles Edward Paterson was awarded his Volunteer Force Long Service Medal per Army Order 9 of 1 January 1900, whilst serving as a Lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and was awarded his Volunteer Officers’ Decoration two years later, whilst serving as Captain and Instructor of Musketry (London Gazette 15 August 1902).