Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Waterloo 1815 (John Birdsell, 2nd Reg. Life Guards.) fitted with steel clip and replacement ring suspension, contact marks to obverse, fine, reverse better £2,200-£2,800

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

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John Birdsell enlisted in March 1813, aged 17, a gardener by trade from Tadcaster, Yorkshire. He served in the Peninsula and was discharged due to a disease of the lungs rendering him unfit for Regimental duty, being described as ‘efficient and a trustworthy soldier’.