The Elphinstone family book of the lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar . etain the arrow, with all themedals attached, in his possession for that year. This arrow is an object ofmuch interest as it has attached to it in an almost unbroken series theannual medals from the year 1603. In the collection of Archer medals onthe Musselburgh Arrow, the oldest medal bears the date of 1603. On oneside is a fully equipped archer with bow and arrow, in position to shootwith drawn bow. At the top of the medal between two cinquefoils are theinitials S. I. Under this, and above the head of the archer, is
The Elphinstone family book of the lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar . etain the arrow, with all themedals attached, in his possession for that year. This arrow is an object ofmuch interest as it has attached to it in an almost unbroken series theannual medals from the year 1603. In the collection of Archer medals onthe Musselburgh Arrow, the oldest medal bears the date of 1603. On oneside is a fully equipped archer with bow and arrow, in position to shootwith drawn bow. At the top of the medal between two cinquefoils are theinitials S. I. Under this, and above the head of the archer, is the wordElphinstovne in large lettering. On the obverse side of the medal are thewell-known armorial bearings of the Johnstones—a saltier, surtout on thefess point a cinquefoil and three cushions in chief, surmounted by a scrollbearing the motto, Gyid them, and at the foot the date 1603. The annexed TO WER AND BARONY OF ELPHINSTONE IN STIRLINGSHIRE. XXM wood-engravings represent this medal, which is the oldest preserved in thecollection of the Eoyal Company of
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