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Sold on 2 April 2003

1 part

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An Important Collection of Medals to The King's German Legion, the Property of a Gentleman

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№ 28 x

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2 April 2003

Hammer Price:
£2,000

Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Gus. Marschatik, 1st Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1800-2200

Gustav Marschalk joined the Legion on 5 January1805. He served in Hannover 1805; in the expedition to the Baltic 1807-08; in the Peninsula 1808-13; in the expedition to the Scheldt 1809; in Southern France 1813; in Northern Germany and the Netherlands 1814,, the campaign of 1815 and the battle of Waterloo. He was awarded the Guelphic Order, 3rd class, K.H., the Hannoverian Wilhelm’s Cross, and was later Lieutenant Colonel of the Hannoverian 7th Line battalion. He is also entitled to the M.G.S. medal, 6 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Salamanca, St Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive.