Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Corunna, Barrosa, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (T. Potter, Subn. 28th & Capt. 14th Portse.) fitted with silver ‘Army of India’ type ribbon brooch, nearly very fine £2800-3200

Thomas Potter was first commissioned as an Ensign in the 28th Foot on 13 November 1806, and promoted to Lieutenant on 2 March 1809. He served with the 28th in the Corunna campaign, August 1808 to January 1809, and in the Peninsula in February and March, and from July to December, 1811, including the siege of Tarifa, and battles of Barrosa and Arroyo dos Molinos. Promoted to a Captaincy in the Portuguese Army on 2 January 1812, he served with the 14th Portuguese Infantry throughout the remainder of the war in the Peninsula, including the siege of Badajoz, and battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Garris, Orthes and Aire. He was slightly wounded at Aire, in the Pyrenees, on 30 July 1813, and subsequently granted a pension of one hundred pounds per annum, commencing 2 March 1815.