Auction Catalogue

2 March 2005

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

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

Lot

№ 349

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2 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£1,400

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse (Thomas Firth, Royal Horse Guards) edge bruise, otherwise nearly very fine £600-700

Thomas Firth, a weaver from Bradford, lost the use of the thumb of his left hand from a wound received at the battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. He was admitted to Chelsea Hospital on 8 November 1816.