Waterloo 1815 (Q-.Master James Palmer, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with replacement silver clip and steel ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £1,600-£2,000

Payne Collection 1911; Glendining’s, November 1940, August 1945, and Oakley Collection, July 1953.

James Palmer was appointed as Quarter-Master to the 2nd Light Battalion, King’s German Legion, on 10 November 1809. He served in the Peninsula and South of France from March 1811 to April 1814, and was present at Albuhera, the 2nd siege of Badajoz, Vittoria, Tolosa, St Etienne, and Bayonne. He served the campaign in the Netherlands in 1814, the campaign of 1815 and the Battle of Waterloo. He died at Brompton, England, on 12 November 1831. The 2nd Light Battalion K.G.L. were particularly distinguished in the defence of La Haye Sainte at Waterloo.