Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 5

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£1,700

Waterloo 1815 (Richard Ahrill, 1st Regiment Life Guards) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, pitted and worn, therefore fine but scarce £1400-1600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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Richard Ahrill was born in the Parish of St Nicholas, near Lanark, and enlisted into the 1st Life Guards on 11 April 1808. He was discharged from Hyde Park Barracks on 2 June 1818 on account of ill health, aged 28 years. Sold with some research.