Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Pyrenees, Orthes (E. R. D’Alton, Ensn. Chass. Brit.) fitted with a removable screw-threaded suspension rod to enable the medal to be worn ‘Continental-style’ without the clasps, French import mark on reverse of suspension bar, toned, extremely fine and very rare £2400-3000

Mullen’s roll lists two officers and four other ranks for the Chasseurs Britanniques. One other officer recipient, in addition to the one listed above, is also known to exist. Recipient confirmed on Challis’ Peninsula Roll.

Edward Richard D’Alton was appointed Ensign in the Chasseurs Britanniques on 3 June 1812, and was promoted Lieutenant, without purchase, on 7 September 1813. He served in the Peninsula from July 1813 to April 1814, and received the Silver War Medal with clasps for Pyrenees and Orthes.