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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 478

(x) Pair: Private Thomas Moore, 78th and 59th Foot

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Maida, Java (Thos Moore, 78th Foot.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Thos Moore. 59th Foot.), officially engraved naming, a few small scratches to obverse and reverse, otherwise very fine (2)

Thomas Moore likely served with the 2/78th, who participated in the Battle of Maida (4 July 1806) before going on to the Alexandria Expedition of 1807; the 1st Battalion spent many years in India, where it covered itself in glory at the Battle of Assaye (September 1803) and was presented with a special third Colour by the East India Company, also acquiring a baby elephant as a mascot in Ceylon. The regiment took part in the Invasion of Java and capture of Fort Cornelis in August 1811.
The 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot also served during the Java campaign, before participating in the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpoor in 1826.

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Sold for
£3,000

Starting price
£1200