Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, St. Sebastian (R. Ross, Serjt. R. Arty. Drivers) edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £800-£1,000

Provenance: Sotheby, July 1980; Spink, April 2015.

Robert Ross was born at Meggle, Perth, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery Drivers on 4 July 1797. He was discharged at Woolwich on 30 September 1814, after 17 years 88 days service, ‘being rendered unfit for service, is placed upon the Pension List at one shilling six pence per diem commencing from the 1st October 1814’. Sold with copied discharge papers.