Orders, Decorations and Medals

42nd Foot Regimental Medal For The Peninsula Wars, a struck silver medal obverse with cross and St. Andrew, view of Pyrenees and legend ‘Nemo Me Impune Lacessit’, reverse with flying figure of Fame with trumpet, laurel wreath containing battle honours for ‘Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula’, the rim impressed ‘Jn. Cox’, fitted with straight bar hinged suspension, several minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine and scarce £150-200

Ref Balmer R336a.

Private John Cox was entitled to the Military General Service Medal with clasps for, Salamanca and Orthes.