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№ 799

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20 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£2,000

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vimiera, Barrosa, Vittoria, St. Sebastian (John Niblett, 9th Foot.) nearly very fine £1600-1800

Only 3 M.G.S. medals issued with this combination of clasps, all to the 9th Foot.

John Niblett was born in the Parish of Alderton, Wiltshire, He served in the 9th Foot for 7 years 4 months and was discharged on 13 January 1815, in consequence of a ‘Gun Shot Wound of Arm at Bayonne, 9 Dec. 1813’. He was aged about thirty two and was a labourer by trade. Sold with copied discharge papers.