The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

77th Foot Medal 1818, silver, obverse: ‘77’ with Prince of Wales’s plume above and ‘Peninsula’ on branches of laurel below; reverse: engraved ‘Peninsula’, edge engraved in upright capitals (Daniel Mansergh) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising, nearly very fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Gaskell Collection 1911; Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 1917; Tombs Collection 1918.

Referenced in Balmer, R479c.

The muster rolls for 1825, when the regiment was stationed in Jamaica, show ‘Daniel Mansergh (over 14 years service) died 20 January 1825.’ Many other of the regiment died at this period of yellow fever.