Waterloo Medal 2/95th Regt Foot

The 95th Inspired Cornwell's Historical  Sharpe Series

Wounded June 18

Waterloo Medal for sale to Private William Westcott, 2nd Battalion, 95th Regiment of Foot [The Rifles]. The Waterloo Medal with silver clip, ring suspension & ribbon.  The Waterloo Medal in a bespoke display case made for the Westcott family by Spink & Son, London in the 1970s.

Condition report: The Waterloo Medal in very good overall condition. The medal detail and naming, clear (slight edge knocks to the rim) The ribbon a 1970s replacement.

Notes on William Westcott: The book Rifle Green At Waterloo, by George Caldwell and Robert Cooper, confirm Westcott joined the regiment on 3rd April 1813, and sustained a gun shot wound to his left hip at The Battle of Waterloo on June 18th, 1815.

Notes on the 2nd Battalion, 95th Regiment of Foot: In the thick of battle at Waterloo, the 2nd Battalion, 95th sustained a 42% casualty rate. The 2/95th were invited by Wellington to head the triumphal entry into Paris on 7th July 1815.

Provenance: From the Westcott family. The family commissioned Spink & Son, London to make a display case for the medal [1970s]. The display case [wood and glass], plus copies from the publication Rifle Green At Waterloo are included in the  sale. Originally sold by us in 2014, and now consigned back to us.

Find Out More: The 95th Regiment of Foot featured in Bernard Cornwell's historical 'Sharpe Series.' First published in the 80s, the stories focus around the fictitional charater Richard Sharpe, a British soldier, romantic, and son of a prostitute. In the original television adaptation, Sean Bean plays the central role.