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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 236

The Only and Maximum Ten Clasp Military General Service Medal to the Regiment Military General Service 1793-1814, ten clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (James Thompson, 2nd. Foot.), edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Private James Thompson, born Perth, 1787; enlisted in the 2nd Foot for unlimited service, 1807; wounded in the right leg at Burges, 1812; discharged November 1814; his somewhat late claim for a pension was approved March 1856. Provenance: Spink 1984.

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