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

and wrote to his family

with a two bladed propeller at the base of the wings

marked "B & N L"

February 6th 1940

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