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Auction: 13003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 98

The Ten Clasp M.G.S. to Sergeant W. Veitch, 94th Foot, The Maximum Number of Clasps to the Regiment
Military General Service 1793-1814, ten clasps, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nove, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Veitch, Serjt. 94th. Foot), minor edge nick, good very fine

Sergeant William Veitch, born Glasgow, c.1788; enlisted in the 94th Foot, April 1808; served with the Regiment in the Peninsular from January 1810; promoted Corporal, January 1813; Sergeant, October 1814; discharged, April 1815; re-enlisted as a Private in the 25th Foot, August 1815; promoted Corporal, August 1818; Sergeant, June 1819; discharged May 1832, after 26 years and 147 days with the Colours; died in Glasgow, October 1862.

Only 4 Officers and 19 men from the 94th Foot received the M.G.S. with ten clasps, all with the same clasps representing the Regiment's complete service in the Peninsular.

Provenance: Sotheby, 1910
Coutts Collection, 1921
Glendining, June 1941
Leyland Robinson Collection, 1953
Elson Collection, 1963
Power-Hines Collection, Spink, July 1996.

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£3,500