Waterloo 1815 (Job Hollowell, 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.) fitted with steel clip and silver bar suspension, good very fine £1200-1400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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Job Hollowell was born in the Parish of All Saints, Northampton, and enlisted into the Coldstream Guards on 19 January 1800, aged 19 years. He served with Lieutenant-Colonel Acheson’s Company in the 2nd Battalion at Waterloo, and was discharged on 19 July 1816, due to severe rheumatism and weak eyesight due to service in Egypt and different parts of Europe. Sold with copy discharge papers.