Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Corunna, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (Richard Eynon, 23rd Foot.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, naming lightly rubbed overall, suspension and clasps reconstructed after removal from mount, otherwise very fine £1000-1200

Ex Glendining’s June 1904. Unique combination of clasps to the M.G.S. medal.

Richard Eynon was born near Aberystwith, Cardigan, and enlisted into the 23rd Foot, Royal Welch Fusiliers, at Cardigan on 5 October 1807, aged 31 years. He was discharged on 10 July 1817, in consequence of ‘defect of vision from opthalmia’. Solod with copied discharge papers which confirm that he was also present at Waterloo.