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Auction archive: Lot number 12

WATERLOO MEDAL, 1815, with original iron clip and contemporary replacement steel …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$3,368 - US$4,210
Price realised:
£2,000
ca. US$3,368
Auction archive: Lot number 12

WATERLOO MEDAL, 1815, with original iron clip and contemporary replacement steel …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$3,368 - US$4,210
Price realised:
£2,000
ca. US$3,368
Beschreibung:

WATERLOO MEDAL, 1815, with original iron clip and contemporary replacement steel ring suspension (Richard Stone 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.); officially impressed. Once cleaned, small mark to field before portrait, light hairlines and one or two tiny rim nicks, otherwise about very fine and pleasing. Private Richard Stone was born c.1785 in Wanborough, near Swindon, Wiltshire, and he attested for service with the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards 25 August 1809 at Salisbury, having previously worked as a Gardener. He served in Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dawkin’s Company at the Battle of Waterloo, where the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards played a key part in the defence of Hougoumont, being located in and around the large farmhouse building and walled orchard on the British right. Identified by both Wellington and Napoleon as holding the key to potential victory, Wellington placed his elite 1st (Foot Guards) Division both in and around the chateau - the 1st Brigade (2nd & 3rd Battalions 1st Foot Guards) under Major General Maitland inside the Chateau itself, and the 2nd Brigade (2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards and 2nd Battalion 3rd (Scots) Foot Guards) under Major General Byng in the gardens and on the ridge immediately behind. During the course of the day, the 1st Division held on despite the desperate fighting at Hougoumont, as Napoleon launched repeated heavy attacks in his attempt to seize the farmhouse and shatter the British right. Despite suffering very heavy casualties, the Guards managed to repulse the French, and even as a handful of troops managed to force their way in, the Guards swiftly reclosed the door, and killed the trapped soldiers, sparing only a young French drummer boy. As Wellington later wrote, “the success of the battle turned upon closing the gates at Hougoumont” Private Richard Stone was discharged from further service in London in August 1823 at the age of 38, with the reason for discharge being given as ‘defective sight of the right eye, the effect of opthalmia when on service in France’. It is suggested that this particular malady would have been caused by the effects of gunpowder flashes near the aiming eye from regular musketry. Sold with copy of discharge papers and roll mention confirming this award.

Auction archive: Lot number 12
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:

WATERLOO MEDAL, 1815, with original iron clip and contemporary replacement steel ring suspension (Richard Stone 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.); officially impressed. Once cleaned, small mark to field before portrait, light hairlines and one or two tiny rim nicks, otherwise about very fine and pleasing. Private Richard Stone was born c.1785 in Wanborough, near Swindon, Wiltshire, and he attested for service with the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards 25 August 1809 at Salisbury, having previously worked as a Gardener. He served in Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dawkin’s Company at the Battle of Waterloo, where the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards played a key part in the defence of Hougoumont, being located in and around the large farmhouse building and walled orchard on the British right. Identified by both Wellington and Napoleon as holding the key to potential victory, Wellington placed his elite 1st (Foot Guards) Division both in and around the chateau - the 1st Brigade (2nd & 3rd Battalions 1st Foot Guards) under Major General Maitland inside the Chateau itself, and the 2nd Brigade (2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards and 2nd Battalion 3rd (Scots) Foot Guards) under Major General Byng in the gardens and on the ridge immediately behind. During the course of the day, the 1st Division held on despite the desperate fighting at Hougoumont, as Napoleon launched repeated heavy attacks in his attempt to seize the farmhouse and shatter the British right. Despite suffering very heavy casualties, the Guards managed to repulse the French, and even as a handful of troops managed to force their way in, the Guards swiftly reclosed the door, and killed the trapped soldiers, sparing only a young French drummer boy. As Wellington later wrote, “the success of the battle turned upon closing the gates at Hougoumont” Private Richard Stone was discharged from further service in London in August 1823 at the age of 38, with the reason for discharge being given as ‘defective sight of the right eye, the effect of opthalmia when on service in France’. It is suggested that this particular malady would have been caused by the effects of gunpowder flashes near the aiming eye from regular musketry. Sold with copy of discharge papers and roll mention confirming this award.

Auction archive: Lot number 12
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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