Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (W. Neal, Serjt., 45th Foot) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £2,000-£2,400

Sotheby’s, April 1910 and July 1982; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013.

William Neal had the distinction of serving in both the first and last of the major battles of the Peninsula War.