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Waterloo 1815 (Captain Boldero, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, clip a little loose, otherwise light contact marks, very fine £3,000-£4,000

Lonsdale Boldero was born on 8 September 1793, and was commissioned Ensign in the Grenadier Guards on 15 December 1809; Lieutenant, 29 December 1813; Captain, 20 October 1814; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, 22 July 1830; Colonel, 15 April 1845.

Boldero served in the Peninsula with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards from December 1810 to May 1811, and with the 1st Battalion from September 1812 to October 1813. He was present at Cadiz in 1810 and at the battle of Barrosa in 1811, in the Peninsular in 1812 and 1813, in Holland in 1814, and the campaign of 1815, in which he served as Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and at the taking of Peronne. He received the War medal with one clasp for Barrosa. He was the younger brother of Henry Boldero who was also present at Waterloo as a Lieutenant in the 14th Foot. Colonel Boldero died at Lower Beeding, West Sussex, on 20 January 1863.