Waterloo 1815 (Abraham Thompson, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and split ring suspension, and top riband buckle, edge bruising and contact marks, King’s head worn, otherwise better than good fine £2,000-£2,400

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2013.

Abraham Thompson was born in the Parish of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the 1st Foot Guards at Manchester on 15 February 1800, aged twenty, for unlimited service, a Waterman by trade. He served in Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Saltoun’s (Light) Company at Waterloo, in particular at Hougoument, and was discharged in consequence of rheumatism on 26 October 1822, after a total service of 24 years 255 days including two years for Waterloo. Sold with copied service papers and research.