Royal Bristol Volunteers Medal 1814, white metal, 56mm x 37mm, the obverse with ship and Bristol Castle central and VIRTUTE ET INDUSTRIA and ROYAL BRISTOL VOLUNTEERS in surround with the motto IN DANGER READY in a scroll below; the reverse embossed, IMBODIED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER & PROTECTION OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS 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 & MAGNANIMITY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND HER ALLIES MDCCCXIV, with the text PRO PATRIA in a scroll below. he Royal Bristol Volunteer Regiment was raised in 1797 and disbanded in 1814.