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Pair: Private Robert Gibson, 71st Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulo...
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Pair: Private Robert Gibson, 71st Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (R. Gibson, 71st Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Robert Gibson, 1st Batt. 71st Reg. Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, the first good very fine (2) £2,800-£3,400 --- Provenance: W. E. Gray Collection 1898; Glendining’s, May 1920, January 1922, March 1928, and June 1929. Robert Gibson was born in the Parish of Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and attested for the 71st Foot at Glasgow on 19 January 1811, aged 15 years, a weaver by trade. From age 18 he served for 23 years 360 days, including 2 years’ allowance for Waterloo. He served 7 months in France, 3 years and 5 months in the Netherlands and France, and was discharged on 12 January 1836. ‘His conduct has been that of a good and efficient soldier, seldom in Hospital, trustworthy and sober, and for the last five years he has been Orderly to the General Commanding in North Britain.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
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Pair: Private Robert Gibson, 71st Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (R. Gibson, 71st Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Robert Gibson, 1st Batt. 71st Reg. Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, the first good very fine (2) £2,800-£3,400 --- Provenance: W. E. Gray Collection 1898; Glendining’s, May 1920, January 1922, March 1928, and June 1929. Robert Gibson was born in the Parish of Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and attested for the 71st Foot at Glasgow on 19 January 1811, aged 15 years, a weaver by trade. From age 18 he served for 23 years 360 days, including 2 years’ allowance for Waterloo. He served 7 months in France, 3 years and 5 months in the Netherlands and France, and was discharged on 12 January 1836. ‘His conduct has been that of a good and efficient soldier, seldom in Hospital, trustworthy and sober, and for the last five years he has been Orderly to the General Commanding in North Britain.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
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