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№ 985

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18 May 2016

Hammer Price:
£800

71st Foot Medal 1816, an engraved silver medal, 38mm. in diameter, Obv. a crown surmounting ‘71’ from which rays emanate, on a scroll above, ‘For Courage Loyalty & Faithful Service’, below, ‘10 Years Service voted 24th May 1816’; Rev. entwined rose, thistle and shamrock, on a scroll above, ‘Tria Juncta in Uno’ (Colour Serjt. Geoe. Leslie, 71st Lt. Infantry) with silver clip and straight bar suspension, with old tartan ribbon, very fine £300-360

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Serjeant George Leslie is listed as having served in Captain A. J. McIntyre’s Company, 71st Regiment in the Waterloo Campaign.