Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1059

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£600

Pair: Private Charles Waller, 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles

South Africa 1834-53 (C. Waller, 2nd Bn. 60th Rifles); China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Chas. Waller, 2nd Bn. 60th Rl. Rifles) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £600-700

Charles Waller was born at Guildford, Surrey, and enlisted into the 60th Rifles on 8 January 1846, a mason by trade. He served with the 2nd 60th in South Africa in 1851-53, and in China in 1860 at the capture of the Taku Forts in August. He died of disease at Pekin on 5 October 1860. Sold with comprehensive research.