Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

94th Foot, Scotch Brigade Medal c.1816, by J. Parkes, obverse: elephant with crown above, with inscription, ‘Scotch Brigade’, below, sprigs of thistle and ‘XCIV’; reverse: battle honours with dates within two branches of laurel - ‘Fuentes d’Onor, Cuidad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nevillie, Neive, Orthes, Toulouse’ (Alexr. Drummond) 36mm., silver, with hinged straight bar suspension, engraved, ‘Peninsula’, Ref: Balmer R.545a, Tancred p.349/50, H.I. p. 280, good very fine £200-240

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

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The 94th Foot (Scotch Brigade) was raised in 1803 and disbanded in 1818. The 94th Foot was reformed in 1823 and later became the 2nd Battalion of the Connaught Rangers.