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№ 191

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18 July 2018

Hammer Price:
£1,600

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Jas. McIntosh, 42nd Foot.) a few edge bruises, otherwise very fine £1800-2200

James McIntosh was born at Boleskine, Inverness, and enlisted into the 42nd Foot at the age of 18 for 7 years. He was ‘severely wounded by a musket ball in his left thigh at the Battle of Toulouse’ in April 1814. He was discharged on 31 October 1817, having served 7 years 144 days.