Waterloo 1815 (Sert. Thos. Radcliffe. 2nd Batn. 44th Foot.) naming re-engraved in upright serif capitals, fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Contemporarily Renamed Waterloo Medals.

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Thomas Radcliffe was born at Ormskirk, Lancashire, in 1770, and attested for the 2/44th Foot on 25 August 1802, aged 32. He spent 2 years 45 days as a Private and was promoted directly to Sergeant on 24 November 1804. He served in Captain Craig’s Company at Waterloo. The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in Ireland in 1816 and Radcliffe was admitted to Kilmainham Hospital on 24 April 1816, upon discharge due to rheumatism. Sold with copied discharge and pension papers.

Note: Radcliffe’s original medal was in the H. Gaskell Collection in 1908 and later in Colonel Orpen-Smellie’s Collection who had purchased it from Baldwin’s in March 1950. It is now held in a private collection.