Auction Catalogue

23 September 2005

Starting at 11:00 AM

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

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

Lot

№ 914

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£340

Waterloo 1815 (James Cobb, Royal Horse Artillery), original steel clip and ring suspension, renamed, slight edge bruising, nearly very fine £250-300

Gunner James Cobb served in Lieutenant Colonel Ross’s “A” Troop, R.H.A. in the Waterloo campaign. He lived to claim the Military General Service Medal with clasps for Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria and Pyrenees.