Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Talavera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca (Z. Drakely, 24th Foot.) contact marks to obverse, otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,400

Medal to 24th Foot with these three clasps listed in Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1916, no name given but Zachariah Drakely is the only recipient of this 3-clasp combination.

Zachariah Drakely/Drakeley enlisted into the 24th Foot on 25 August 1807. He was admitted to an out-pension of 6d per diem, payable at Coventry, on 6 January 1857, increased to 9d on 9 October 1861.