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№ 298

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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£500

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera (John Jones, 29th Foot.) brooch fittings removed from obverse, with re-affixed copy suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise fine £500-£700

John Jones was born in the Parish of Herbeastock, Flint, and attested for the 29th Foot on 25 April 1805, a wheel wright by trade. He served 11 years 7 months and was discharged 12 November 1816, in consequence of ‘being nearly blind in consequence of opthalmia which he was attacked with in Sept 1815 at the Camp near Paris.

Sold with copied discharge papers and restoration invoices.