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№ 733

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20 April 2022

Hammer Price:
£800

Waterloo 1815 (Peter McMullen. 1st Batt. 27th Regt. Foot) naming re-engraved in upright capitals, fitted with replacement clip and bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise 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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Peter McMullen was born in the Parish of Down, County Down, and enlisted into the 27th Foot on 7 January 1814, and was discharged on 25 December 1815, in consequence of ‘both arms being amputated at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.