Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Dale. 3. Batt. Grenad. Guards.) Christian name correctly impressed, otherwise naming re-engraved in upright serif capitals, fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Contemporarily Renamed Waterloo Medals.

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Samuel Dale was born in the Parish of Ecclesall, near Sheffield, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the Grenadier Foot Guards at Dover, Kent, on 6 December 1813, aged 18, a cutler by trade. He served in ‘Belgium in 1814, Quatre Bras & Waterloo, Peronne & Paris.’ He was discharged to pension on 11 April 1833, when his character was described as ‘irregular’, he having been twice promoted to and reduced from the rank of Corporal. Sold with copied discharge papers.