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Auction archive: Lot number 11

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1814, single clasp, Nive, sometime rebuilt …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$673 - US$842
Price realised:
£300
ca. US$505
Auction archive: Lot number 11

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1814, single clasp, Nive, sometime rebuilt …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$673 - US$842
Price realised:
£300
ca. US$505
Beschreibung:

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1814, single clasp, Nive, sometime rebuilt with tailor’s copy clasp and slightly larger suspension bar from a later period (William Bailey 84th Foot.); officially impressed. Toned, minor obverse edge bruises at 5 and 6 o’clock, very fine. Private William Bailey was born c.1879 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, and served with the 2nd Battalion, 84th Foot (York and Lancaster Regiment). He served in Captain William Yates Johnson’s Company at the Battle of Nive, where the 84th foot were well-involved and suffered heavy casualties, including the death of Captain Johnson himself. William Bailey was discharged upon the disbandment of the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot in December 1817. Sold with copy of original roll mention confirming this single clasp award.

Auction archive: Lot number 11
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1814, single clasp, Nive, sometime rebuilt with tailor’s copy clasp and slightly larger suspension bar from a later period (William Bailey 84th Foot.); officially impressed. Toned, minor obverse edge bruises at 5 and 6 o’clock, very fine. Private William Bailey was born c.1879 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, and served with the 2nd Battalion, 84th Foot (York and Lancaster Regiment). He served in Captain William Yates Johnson’s Company at the Battle of Nive, where the 84th foot were well-involved and suffered heavy casualties, including the death of Captain Johnson himself. William Bailey was discharged upon the disbandment of the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot in December 1817. Sold with copy of original roll mention confirming this single clasp award.

Auction archive: Lot number 11
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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