Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1842 (Owen Heart. 26th Regiment Foot.) original suspension, nearly very fine £300-360

Owen Heart/Hart was born in the Parish of Clonidilly, Dublin, and enlisted into the 30th Foot at Dublin on 16 January 1822, aged 18 years, a gardener by trade. He transferred to the 26th Foot on 19 September 1828, and was discharged on 10 October 1843, in consequence of ‘being worn out from length of service and disease contracted in China.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.