Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (John Anderson, 42nd Foot.) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £1,800-£2,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic-Era Campaign Medals.

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John Anderson was also present at the battle of Waterloo in Captain Murdoch McLaine’s Company. Muster details for this man, who is the only one so named in the 42nd at Waterloo, show him to have been wounded at the battle of Toulouse and present near Paris from March to September 1815. He was a weaver from Dunfermline, Fife, who enlisted at Weeley Barracks on 15 April 1804, with previous service with the Fencibles for 3 years 11 months.

Sold with muster and pay list details and medal roll extracts.