Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (Robert Edge. 28th Regiment Foot.) fitted with replacement steel clip and small ring suspension, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, polished and worn, therefore fair £600-800

Robert Edge served in Captain Henry Moriarty’s Company, 1st Battalion, 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18 June 1815 at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo, having previously served with the Regiment in the Peninsula. Casualties at Waterloo were heavy, with the Battalion suffering 1 Officer and 29 men killed, and 19 Officers and 203 men wounded, out of a total strength of 557- a casualty rate of over 45%.