medal / Volunteers of Ireland, c.1780

Silver medal for Bravery to the Volunteers of Ireland c.1780. The obverse has a Maid of Erin harp between a crossed laurel spray tied with a double ribbon. On scrolls the following inscriptions Concitat ad Arma and below Volunteers of Ireland. On the reverse the following inscription: Conferr’d by Colonel Lord Rawdon upon Serjeant Hudson for Bravery in the Battle fought near Camden on the 6. of August 1780. This corps was raised by Lord Rawdon in 1778 in America. See The Irish Sword, Vol. VII Winter 1965 No. 27 – The Volunteers of Ireland by Oliver Snoddy.;