Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Baker. 1st Battn. 95th Regt. Foot.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, six original impressed stars either side of clip otherwise naming contemporarily re-engraved in serif capitals, a few edge nicks, otherwise very fine £400-£500

Samuel Baker was born at Tolbrook, near Stamford, Northants [now Lincolnshire], and enlisted at Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland, on 13 December 1813, aged 25. A tailor by trade, he served 11 years 195 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged at Rathkeale on 25 June 1823, in consequence of a ‘paralytic tremor of the extremities’. His conduct was described as ‘Very good - served at Waterloo’, his address being given as ‘Water Street, St Martin’s Parish, Stamford, Lincolnshire’. He is confirmed on the Royal Mint Waterloo medal roll (No. 277, p.402) and was a member of Captain H. Lee’s Company No. 8.

Sold with copied discharge papers.