Auction Catalogue

8 December 2016

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8 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£65

62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot Ensign’s Commission Dated 4th November 1812, appointing John Summers, Gentleman, to be Ensign in the 62nd (or The Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot, signed on behalf of His Majesty King George III by George the Prince Regent, countersigned Sidmouth (Henry Addington, Viscount), complete with both paper wafer seals and now contained in a modern glazed frame, good overall condition £80-120

John Summers was commissioned Ensign in the 62nd Foot on 4 November 1812, and was promoted Lieutenant on 20 October 1814. He went on half pay in 1817.