Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Toulouse (James Brammer, 7th Foot) toned, good very fine £3,600-£4,400

James Brammer came from Sheffield and was a scissor-smith by trade before enlisting into the 2/7th Foot on 24 April 1805. He served for a total of 9 years 3 months and was wounded in the right thigh at Salamanca. He was awarded a pension of 6d per day on 25 October 1853, when he was 69 years of age; his pension was increased to 9d on 15 October 1861.