JOHN CROSSLEY, 84TH (YORK AND LANCASTER) REGIMENT (THE POST 1880 2ND BATTALION THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT). Regimental prize medal, silver

JOHN CROSSLEY, 84TH (YORK AND LANCASTER) REGIMENT (THE POST 1880 2ND BATTALION THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT). Regimental prize medal, silver, circular, 51mm. Obverse with large rose at centre, crown above, on a scroll below “84th Foot”, with “York &” and “Lancaster” to left and right. Reverse engraved in 6 lines “The / Reward of Merit / 1810 / awarded / to / John Crossley”. Integral suspension loop and silver ring suspender. Apparently not hallmarked, Good Very Fine.

Balmer 500, this medal.

The recipient would presumably be the John Crossley of the 84th Foot who was promoted from the ranks and appointed Quartermaster of the 84th Foot on 27/4/1809, the appointment no doubt being an award for services rendered during the Peninsular War (and no doubt for the same services that resulted in the award of this Regimental Medal of Merit). Crossly continued to serve as Quartermaster of the York & Lancaster Regiment until he retired on 9/3/1813.