Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Simmons, 2nd Batt. 44th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement clip and ring suspension, very fine £2,400-£2,800

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2011.

Samuel Simmons was born in the Parish of St Anne’s, London, and attested for the 44th Regiment on 12 May 1798, aged 27 years. He served in Captain George Crozier’s Company at Waterloo and is shown on the medal roll as being ‘invalided’. He was discharged at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, on 6 April 1816, in consequence of being worn out.