Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Busaco (Fras. Vane, 52nd Foot) polished, nearly very fine £1000-1200

Francis Vane enlisted into the 52nd Foot on 17 June 1805, and accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807. He went to Portugal in June 1809 and was present at the battle of Busaco, where he was wounded, in September 1810. The subsequent musters all record him as being sick in Portugal, Spain, and England until his discharge to pension on 10 October 1811, in consequence of ‘wounded hand [or head] at Busaco.’ He died in London on 6 October 1850. Sold with research.