Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Pyrenees (John Powell, 52nd Foot) fitted with silver ribbon brooch buckle, a few marks, otherwise good very fine £1,600-£2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Provenance: Sotheby, May 1910; Hamilton Smith Collection, Glendining’s, March 1927; Glendining’s September 1963.

Only 2 officers and 24 men of the 52nd received the clasp for Talavera, where they served in the 1st Battalion Detachments.