Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Baker. 1st Battn. 95th Regt. Foot.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, six original impressed stars either side of clip otherwise naming contemporarily re-engraved in serif capitals, a few edge nicks, otherwise very fine £400-£500

Samuel Baker was born at Tolbrook, near Stamford, Northants [now Lincolnshire], and enlisted at Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland, on 13 December 1813, aged 25. A tailor by trade, he served 11 years 195 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged at Rathkeale on 25 June 1823, in consequence of a ‘paralytic tremor of the extremities’. His conduct was described as ‘Very good - served at Waterloo’, his address being given as ‘Water Street, St Martin’s Parish, Stamford, Lincolnshire’. He is confirmed on the Royal Mint Waterloo medal roll (No. 277, p.402) and was a member of Captain H. Lee’s Company No. 8.

Sold with copied discharge papers.