Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Charles Smith, 33rd Regiment Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £2000-2500

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

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Charles Smith was first commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Royal Marines on 29 September 1808, aged 15 years, and served three years and some months on board H.M.S. Rota. He resigned his commission in the Royal Marines to purchase an Ensigncy in the 33rd Regiment of Foot on 24 June 1813, becoming Lieutenant on 14 August 1815. He was placed on half pay in 1817 and was subsequently recorded as living in Germany.