Auction Catalogue

7 March 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 722

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7 March 2007

Hammer Price:
£2,200

Pair: Friederich Justus, 2nd Line Battalion, King’s German Legion

Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Friederich Justus, 2nd Line Bn. K.G.L.); Hannover, King’s German Legion Volunteer Medal 1841, unnamed as issued, suspension post neatly re-fixed on the first, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1800-2200

Friederich Justus first appears on the muster rolls of the 2nd Line Battalion K.G.L. as a Private from 15 February 1804. He served in Portugal, Spain, and France from December 1807 until his discharge at Tournay on 24 February 1815. Sold with full muster search and copies of medal roll and muster lists.