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Sold on 20 April 2022

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A Collection of Contemporarily Renamed Waterloo Medals

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№ 723

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20 April 2022

Hammer Price:
£440

Waterloo 1815 (1st Dragoon Guards * M * Hewitt Serjt.) naming re-engraved in upright serif capitals, fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Contemporarily Renamed Waterloo Medals.

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Matthew Hewitt was born in the Parish of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, and enlisted there on 14 June 1804, aged 16, a carpet weaver by trade. He was discharged on 25 December 1829, in consequence of palpitations of the heart and being addicted to drink. He died at Kidderminster at the end of 1843. Sold with copied discharge papers.