A Collection of Contemporarily Renamed Waterloo Medals

Waterloo 1815 (Luke Brown 2nd Batn. 30 Rt. Foot.) naming re-engraved in upright serif capitals, fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, good fine £400-£500

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

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Luke Brown was born at Grantham, Lincolnshire, and enlisted into the 30th Foot at Nottingham on 10 January 1813, aged 17. He served in Captain James Skerrow’s company at Waterloo. He was transferred to 3rd Veterans’ Battalion on 27 April 1820, and served afterwards in the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies until his final discharge on 15 August 1838. He became an in-pensioner on 1 April 1862. Sold with muster details and other copied research.