Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (Jos. Watts, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars.) fitted with replacement silver clip and large ring suspension, naming a little rubbed and light contact marks, otherwise very fine £1600-2000

Provenance: Sotheby’s, April 1880.

Joseph Watts was born in the Parish of Inkpen, Berkshire, and enlisted into the 15th Hussars at Abergavenny on 18 March 1800, for unlimited service at the age of seventeen. He was discharged at Ipswich on 19 January 1819, on reduction of the regiment, after 21 years and 30 days’ service, his conduct being described as ‘very good and excellent in every respect.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.