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

№ 36

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24 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£1,850

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Sahagun & Benevente (W. Von Hellen, Cornet 3rd Hus K.G.L.) nearly very fine £1600-1800

Ex Fayle Collection 1921.

William Von der Hellen was gazetted Cornet in 1806; Lieutenant 1810; Captain 1814. He served in the Baltic Expedition 1807-08; in the Peninsula 1808-09; in Northern Germany 1813-14; in the Netherlands 1814; and the campaign of 1815 and battle of Waterloo, where he commanded a Troop. He was placed on half pay in February 1816 and his Waterloo Medal was dispatched to him at Wellen, near Beverstedt, in Hannover.

Seven officers and 89 other ranks lived to claim the M.G.S. medal, mostly with the single clasp for Sahagun & Benevente.