This from the BBC:
“Medals honouring a Borders soldier who fought under the Duke of Wellington are expected to fetch £50,000 at auction. Lt Col Thomas Bell, who was born at Duns in Berwickshire, saw action in the Iberian Peninsula Wars of the early 19th Century. Among the medals going up for sale are his Gold Cross and [...]
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Wellington army medals auctioned
Posted in British History 101 on 8 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
