Auction Catalogue

24 October 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 35

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24 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Vimiera (John Budgell, 9th Foot.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200

Ex Cheylesmore Collection, Glendining’s 1941; and Hayward, June 1975.

Approximately 124 medals issued with this single clasp.

Born Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Jan 1809, discharged to Vetn. Bn August 1814 having ‘chronic inflamation of the eyes from service at Gibraltar’. Sold with copied discharge papers.