Auction Catalogue

22 September 2000

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 158

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22 September 2000

Hammer Price:
£1,400

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Barrosa, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (John Metcalf, 87th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000

At Barrosa the Eagle of the French 8th Regiment was captured by Sergeant P. Masterson of the 87th Foot, the first French Standard captured in the Peninsula.