Auction Catalogue

29 November 1996

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 16

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29 November 1996

Hammer Price:
£250

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (W. Nanson, 74th Foot) edge bruise and contact marks, nearly very fine

The 74th Foot were heavily engaged at Toulouse; initially in a successful advance of 3 miles in which the enemy was put to flight, and later in a doomed attempt to storm a strongly held French position. In this attack, ordered by Sir Thomas Picton, the regiment suffered 150 killed and wounded from an initial strength of 350.