Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes (John Abrahams, 52nd Foot) good very fine £2000-2200

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

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John Abrahams was born at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, circa 1781, and enlisted into the 52nd Foot at Wellingborough on 16 October 1799, aged 18 years. He was discharged at Canterbury on 3 October 1816, in consequence of being ‘worn out and totally unfit.’ Admitted to Chelsea Hospital as an out-pensioner on 30 October 1816, he is described as having been wounded in the right thigh. He died at Thrapston, Northamptonshire, on 27 April 1870, aged 71 years. Sold with copy discharge papers and death certificate.