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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 61

Pair: Sergeant C. Munro, 79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot

Waterloo 1815 (Charles Monro [sic], 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot.), fitted with replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension; 79th Foot Order of Merit 1819, 1st Class, silver, for 12 Years service, reverse with Scottish infantry sword hilt, unnamed, fitted with silver clip and straight bar suspension, first with heavy contact marks and edge wear, fine, the second very fine (2)

Charles Munro was born in 1797 at Loth, Sutherland and enlisted in the 79th Foot at Dornoch on 5 February 1813. At Quatre Bras and Waterloo he served in Captain James Campbell's No. 6 Company. During those famous Battles, the 79th suffered a total of 447 killed and wounded - one of the highest suffered by any unit. Munro served a total of 3 years 5 months in France before returning home, being promoted Corporal in January 1830 and Sergeant in April 1836. He was discharged medically unfit at Edinburgh Castle, with 'excellent' conduct and character on 30 June 1837.

The 79th Foot Order of Merit (Balmer R486C) was instituted by Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Douglas, with the 2nd Class bronze Medal being awarded for 7 Years Service, with this award exchanged for the 1st Class silver Medal after 12 Years Service. The Medal was to be worn on the left breast, upon 2" of Regimental tartan riband, with the recipient's name recorded in the Book of Merit. The award was discontinued in 1838, but those in receipt of the Medal could wear them as long as they continued to serve.

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£2,200

Starting price
£1400