Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

79th Foot Order of Merit 1819, 1st Class, silver, for 12 Years service, reverse with English infantry sword hilt, privately named (Joseph Brothers) with original steel clip and suspended from a length of old tartan ribbon; together with detached M.G.S. medal suspension and 4 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nive, Toulouse, correct for Brothers’ entitlement, clasp carriage bent, otherwise good very fine (2) £360-£400

Referenced in Balmer R486a.

Joseph Brothers was a Private in Captain J. Campbell’s Company No. 7 at Waterloo, and lived to claim the M.G.S. medal with 4 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nive, and Toulouse. Sold with copied medal roll entry and extract from regimental history confirming Waterloo.