Auction Catalogue

24 & 25 February 2016

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 615

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25 February 2016

Hammer Price:
£2,200

Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Ronald M’Donald, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £2000-2600

Ronald McDonald enlisted into the 1st Foot Guards at Glasgow on 22 January 1811, aged 23 years, a Carpenter by trade. He was present at Waterloo in Lieutenant-Colonel Miller’s Company, he being mortally wounded at Quatre Bras and the command passing to Lieut & Captain Hon. R. Clements, who was also wounded. Sergeant McDonald died at Cambrai on 12 July 1817, while serving in Lieutenant-Colonel Dorville’s Company. Sold with some muster details.