A 1815 Waterloo To The 71St Regiment Foot; Wounded In Action Auction Order of the British Empire

Order of the British Empire Group of Eleven Miniatures - Swing mounted as originally worn

with a two bladed propeller at the base of the wings

and wrote to his family

several months before the 1st Canadian Division had even reached England in October

Queen's South Africa Medal with 1 Clasp - NATAL

A 1815 Waterloo To The 71St Regiment Foot; Wounded In Action Auction Order of the British EmpireA 1815 Waterloo to the 71st Regiment Foot; Wounded in Action (Edward Connolly 1st Batt. 71st Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine. Footnote: Edward Connolly enlisted to serve as a Boy soldier with the 2 71st Foot on 4 May 1809. He transferred to the 1st Battalion on 12 October 1812 and served in the Peninsula from December 1812, and was taken prisoner of war at