Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Waterloo 1815 (Joseph Adlam, 1st or Royal Dragoons) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, heavy edge bruising and contact wear, therefore fine £700-900

Joseph Adlam was born at Wookey, near Wells, Somerset, and enlisted for the 1st Royal Dragoons at Wells on 7 February 1805, aged eighteen years. He served in the Peninsula and at the battle of Waterloo, ‘was wounded by a shell in the left leg and frequent (?) shots in the body and I recommend him for His Majesty’s Royal County of Chelsea Hospital.’ He was discharged ‘worn out’ on 18 April 1827 and admitted as a pensioner to Chelsea Hospital on 30 May 1827. Joseph Adlam died on 13 October 1837. Sold with copy service papers.