Badge commemorating the Royal Bristol Volunteers

Badge commemorating the Royal Bristol Volunteers. Obverse: The city's coat of arms - a ship and castle - with crest above. Legend: (outer) 'ROYAL BRISTOL VOLUNTEERS'; (inner) 'VIRTUTE ET INDUSTRIA'; (below) 'IN DANGER READY'. Reverse: Inscription, 'IMBODIED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER & PROTECTION OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZANS ON THE THREAT OF INVASION BY FRANCE MDCCXCVII . REVIVED AT THE RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES MDCCCIII . DISBANDED WHEN THE DELIVERANCE OF EUROPE WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PERSEVERANCE AND MAGNANIMITY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND HER ALLIES MDCCCXIV.' Above: 'G.R.' Below: 'PRO PATRIA.' Fitted with a garlanded ring and bar for a ribbon.