Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Benjamin Russell, 82nd Foot, who was wounded in the leg in France

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees (Benjn. Russell, 82nd Foot) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals.

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Provenance: Sotheby, November 1893 and May 1895; Baldwin, July 1953; DMD, January 2000.

Benjamin Russell was born at Leeds, Yorkshire, and attested there for the 82nd Foot on 7 April 1809, aged 17, for unlimited service. He was discharged in about October 1816, in consequence of disbandment of the regiment and ‘wounded right leg in France’.

Sold with copied muster rolls and Chelsea Hospital ‘Examination’ papers.