Pair: Farrier-Major Thomas Lea, Royal Horse Guards Military General Service 1793-1814, 1...

Pair: Farrier-Major Thomas Lea, Royal Horse Guards Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (T. Lea, Farrier, R.H. Gds.); Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Lea, Royal Horse Guards.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and ring suspension, the first with light contact marks, nearly very fine, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine (2) £3,400-£4,000 --- Provenance: Elson Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963. Thomas Lea was born in the Parish of Lowton, near Newton, Lancaster, and attested for the Royal Horse Guards at Warrington on 12 June 1812, aged 18 years 2 months, a blacksmith by trade. He served 29 years 65 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged as Farrier-Major on 14 August 1836, being worn out and unfit for the duties of the Regiment. Sold with copied discharge papers.