Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. Including a superb collection of medals to the King’s German Legion, Police Medals from the Collection of John Tamplin and a small collection of medals to the Irish Guards

The Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Lieutenant Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Battalion, King’s German Legion

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria (Louis de Giesmann, Lt. 5th Line B. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, one or two edge bruises and contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (2) £2400-2800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Important Collection of Medals to The King's German Legion, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Sold at auction 1921 and by Baldwin 1935.

Lewes Geismann joined the Legion in August 1812 and served in the Peninsula 1812-13; in Southern France 1813-14; in the Netherlands 1814; the campaign of 1815 and the battle of Waterloo. He was placed on Half Pay in February 1816.