Waterloo 1815 (Serj. William Brown, 1st Reg. Dragoon Guards) fitted with original steel clip and replacement ring suspension, light contact wear and polishing, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-2000

William Brown was born at Silchester, Hampshire, in about 1790, and was a sawyer before enlisting into the 1st Dragoon Guards in 1807. He was discharged to Pension on 28 December 1818, in consequence of ‘ulcered legs with varicose veins produced as he reports when assisting the Excise at Ballinaford.’ He served a total of 20 years 6 months, after deduction of one year underage and addition of two years for Waterloo, of which 9 years 2 months were as a private, 5 years as corporal, and 5 years 9 months as a sergeant. He died in March 1830. Sold with research.