88th Foot Order of Merit, 3rd class, 30 mm, the reverse inscribed with five actions, Busaco, Talavera, Fuentes D’Onor, Cuidad (sic) Rodrigo, Badajoz (John Hughes) fitted with rings and silver bar suspension inscribed ‘Peninsula’, very fine £250-300

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

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Ex Jourdain and McPeake collections.

Sold with papers for a John Hughes who was born in the Parish of Aughalo, near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, and enlisted into the 88th Foot at Enniskillin on 28 June 1806, aged 16 years. He was discharged at Dublin on 29 December 1824, suffering from consumption which, according to the Surgeon’s report may have been caused by his playing as a musician in the regimental band. A man with these names claimed the M.G.S. medal with four clasps, all for actions later in the campaign.