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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 62

Three: Private J. Philpot, Grenadier Guards, who was wounded at Waterloo

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Nivelle, Nive (James Philpot, 1st Foot Gds.); Waterloo 1815 (James Philpott, Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension; Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (James Philpot, Grenadier Guards. 1831.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, the second with heavy edge bruise on obverse and polished, better than good fine, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (3)

Provenance:
Sotheby's, March 1979.
Christie's, February 1989.

James Philpot was born in 1793 at Bathford, Bath, Somerset, and was a labourer upon his enlistment into the First Foot Guards at Trowbridge on 28 December 1810. According to his record of service he ‘Went to Corunna in 1812, was engaged at Bayonne, came home in 1814, went to Flanders in 1815. Was at Waterloo, Peronne and Paris, wounded in the wrist at Waterlooo, returned to Cambray and came to England in 1817.’ He was discharged at his own request on 13 July 1831; sold together with copied discharge papers.

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Sold for
£5,200

Starting price
£3200