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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 266

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. Badge, inscribed ‘Robert Douglas Esquire, Major in the Army and Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815.’, 191mm x 115mm, corners pierced for attachment, enamel a little chipped and flaked, very fine

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Douglas served at the capture of the Danish and Swedish West India Islands in 1801; the expedition to the north of Germany, 1805-06. He later saw much active service as a Battery Commander in the Peninsular War (February 1812 to March 1814), including the Battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees campaign, the Siege of San Sebastian and Battle of Nivelle. He is noted as receiving an Army Gold Cross for Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees and Nivelle.

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£850

Starting price
£400