Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Carlist Wars pair to Sergeant H. Ellis, 1st Isabella Lancers, British Auxiliary Legion

Spanish Medal for San Sebastian 5 May 1836 (Sergt. H. Ellis, 1st Isabella Lancers); Spanish Order of Maria Isabella Louisa, silver cross, fitted with replacement bar suspension and 7 engraved clasps, Handowine, Fonterabia, Hernanie, Irun, Ametza, Ormienda, Ulza (Sergt. H. Ellis, 1st Isabella Lancers) both fitted with silver ribbon buckles, very fine and scarce (2)
£300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell.

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Sympathy for Queen Isabella of Spain, defending her throne against her uncle Don Carlos, led to an Act of Parliament in 1835 permitting the formation of a volunteer force to support her cause. The British Auxiliary Legion, as it became known, consisted of some 9,000 cavalry and infantry under Sir George De Lacy Evans.