Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private Benjamin Higgins, 18th Hussars

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (B. Higgins, 18th Hussars); Waterloo 1815 (Benjamin Higgins, 18th Regiment Hussars) fitted with steel clip and silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £2500-3000

Benjamin Higgins enlisted into the 18th Hussars on 26 March 1804. He served in Portugal, Spain and France from December 1812. He was present at Waterloo and was subsequently on Orderly duty with Major-General Sir Dennis Pack, K.C.B. from September 1815 to 27 November 1818. He was discharged and recommended for pension at Kilmainham Hospital on 10 September 1821, his service amounting to 19 years 169 days including 2 years for Waterloo. Sold with muster details.