Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 September 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 856

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20 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£3,400

Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Alex. Smith, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement silver ring and bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise better than good fine £3000-4000

Alexander Smith was appointed Lieutenant in the 91st Foot on 30 August 1810, and served with the regiment during its second visit to the Peninsula. He was present at Waterloo in Captain A. J. Callender’s Company No. 4, and transferred as Lieutenant on half-pay to the 42nd Highlanders on 30 September 1819.