WATERLOO MEDAL
1815
£950
Auction: 24 June 2015 at 19:00 BST
Description
fitted with original steel; clip and ring suspension (awarded to Thomas Patterson, 1st Batt 91st Reg. Foot)
Dimensions
3.5cm diameter
Footnote
Provenance: By descent through the owner's family.
Note: The 91st did not fight at the battle of Waterloo but were stationed through the campaign with the 17,000 strong detached reserve at Hal under the command of Lt General Lord Hill in the 4th British brigade.
Wellington had placed an entire Division at Hal to counter what he believed to be a palpable French threat to attack up the Mons-Hal Brussels road and cut his lines of communication with Ostend.
Thomas Patterson was one of two men of that name in Captain Gun's number 6 company of the 91st.