The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (Danl. James. Corpl. 96th Foot) lower edge of naming lacking in part after thinning of planchet to reverse, suspension reconstituted, brooch marks to obverse, the reverse ground flat and re engraved with the monogram letters ‘E. J.’ within a foliate decorated engraved border , therefore fair to fine but rare to unit £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Only 19 Military General Service Medals awarded to the 96th Regiment of Foot, all with the single clasp Guadaloupe.

Daniel James was born at Newport, Pembrokeshire, about 1783. He attested for service as a Private in the 96th Regiment at Bristol on 21 August 1807. The 96th Foot landed in the West Indies in 1805, and James took part in the capture of Guadaloupe in 1810. He was invalided out of the army in December 1818, as a Chelsea Out Pensioner. In 1838 he married Elizabeth Williams in Haverfordwest, which could explain the ornate ‘E.J.’ engraving on the reverse of the planchet. He died on 11 December 1849.

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