Auction Catalogue

17 July 2024

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Lot

№ 317

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17 July 2024

Hammer Price:
£1,400

Waterloo 1815 (Donald M’Pherson, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, some scratches in fields, otherwise nearly very fine £1,600-£2,000

Donald McPherson was born in the Parish of Stranguin, Argyle, and served in the Dumbarton Fencibles from 1 November 1795 to 5 October 1802. He enlisted into the 79th Regiment on 20 January 1806, aged 32, and was discharged at Blandeque in France on 3 August 1816, in consequence of being ‘worn out’.

Sold with copied discharge papers.