Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Defective Medal: Military General Service 1793-1814, planchet only mounted in a silver circular swivel brooch mount, (J. Spragg, Serjeant, 23rd Light Dragoons.) mount obscuring seventh letter of rank, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £300-£400

Joseph Spragg was born in Brixton (Brighstone), Isle of Wight, around 1781. He attested into the 26th, later the 23rd, Light Dragoons, aged 16, on 6 August 1797 and served during the Egypt campaign of 1801. Advanced Corporal on 25 June 1805 and further advanced Sergeant on 25 March 1809, he saw further service during the Peninsular War at the Battle of Talavera and was discharged ‘worn out’ at Radipole, Dorset, on 21 April 1817.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts and copied regimental register of service extracts.