PRO
REGE ET PATRIA DULCE PERICULUM (Translation: For King and country, danger is sweet)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Legend
Reverse lettering
PRESENTED TO THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE 2D BATTN BY
THE I R COLONEL THE EARL OF BREAD ALBANE IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR
GALLANT CONDUCT IN HAVING VOLUNTEER’D THEIR SERVICES TO IRELAND TO
SUPRESS REBELLION AND TO AID IN REPELLING A FRENCH FORCE WHICH HAD
INVADED THE KINGDOM 1798
