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Lot 285

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 1793- 1814 TO J HANES 43RD FOOT

Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer price: £950
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

John Hanes served with the 1st Bn 43rd Foot during the Napoleonic Wars.  
Removed from the Muster Roll books on 24th December 1814. Paid £6.00 and a further amount in lieu of Beer, roll also states ' Embarked for Chatham'.  
Hanes was awarded the Military General Service Medal with bars Ciudad Rodrigo; Banajoz; Salamanca and Vittoria. Medal and bars confirmed on the roll. 
MGS Correctly impressed = J. Hanes. 43rd Foot 
Condition - VF ( scratches to obverse & reverse, light edge bruising, with large edge bruise over surname. Naming still perfectly visible to the naked eye) 


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