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79th Foot Order of Merit 1819, 1st Class, silver, for 12 Years service, reverse with English infantry sword hilt, privately named (Joseph Brothers) with original steel clip and suspended from a length of old tartan ribbon; together with detached M.G.S. medal suspension and 4 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nive, Toulouse, correct for Brothers’ entitlement, clasp carriage bent, otherwise good very fine (2) £360-£400
Referenced in Balmer R486a.
Joseph Brothers was a Private in Captain J. Campbell’s Company No. 7 at Waterloo, and lived to claim the M.G.S. medal with 4 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nive, and Toulouse. Sold with copied medal roll entry and extract from regimental history confirming Waterloo.
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