Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

42nd Foot Medal 1819, by Parkes, obverse: in the upper section - St. Andrew with his cross, legend above, ‘Nemo me Impune Lacessit’, in the lower - soldiers marching through mountainous country; reverse: winged figure of Fame above the battle honours, ‘Corunna, Fuentes d’Onor, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula’, in a rectangle below, ‘42 R.H.Rt.’ (A. McPherson), 32mm., silver, with hinged silver straight bar suspension, Ref. Balmer R.336a, Tancred p.332, H.I. p.259, Payne p.204, good very fine £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Regimental Medals from the James N Spencer Collection.

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A ‘Serjeant Angus McPherson’ appears in the published M.G.S. roll as being awarded a medal with clasps for Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor and Cuidad Rodrigo. The recipient also appears as a Corporal in Captain Mungo McPherson’s Company, 42nd Foot, in the published Waterloo Medal roll.