Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (A. McIntosh, Qr. Mr. 31st Foot) minor edge bruising and nicks, otherwise good very fine £1400-1600

Andrew McIntosh was born in 1778, and was commissioned as Quarter-Master into the 31st Foot on 12 April 1810. He served in the Peninsula with the 31st and was present at the battles of Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse, for which he received the War Medal with seven clasps. He was promoted to Lieutenant in the 4th Royal Veteran Battalion on 25 December 1814. The regimental history of the 31st states that he was wounded at Pamplona.