Auction Catalogue

21 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 14

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21 September 2007

Hammer Price:
£360

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Corunna, Nive (Capt. J. Baxter, 12th Foot) contemporary re-impressed naming, fitted with replacement suspension claw, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £100-150

John Baxter was appointed Ensign in the 12th Foot on 26 August 1807, was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1810, to Captain in June 1817, and placed on half-pay in June 1818. No officers from this regiment lived to claim the M.G.S. medal.