A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals

Pair: Thomas Frith, Royal Horse Guards, who was wounded at Waterloo

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse (Thomas Firth, Royal Horse Guards.) note spelling of surname; Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Frith, Royal Horse Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, light edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £3500-4500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals.

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Provenance: M.G.S., Dix Noonan Webb, June 1994 and March 2005; Waterloo, Christies, April 2000.

Thomas Frith, a Weaver from Bradford, lost the use of the thumb of his left hand from a wound received at Waterloo. He was admitted to an out-pension at Chelsea Hospital on 8 November 1816, now aged 28, with 9 years 7 months service, including 2 years for Waterloo.