A Waterloo medal, awarded to Captain Houston Wallace, 12th Regiment Dragoon Guards, is one of the highlights of the medal section in the Charterhouse auction on Friday 14th March.

“It is very exciting to see and to handle a Waterloo medal, but it is even more so when it has descended down through the family and has never appeared on the open market before.” Commented Richard Bromell. “It will probably represent a once in a lifetime opportunity for a collector to obtain an example of the first medal awarded and officially named to all ranks who took part in a particular campaign, with the added bonus of being awarded to an officer, which has never been offered for sale in nearly 200 years.”

The next few months look to be a busy time for the Charterhouse team. First up there are 1,400 lots of silver, jewellery, wine, port, spirits and antiques on Friday 15th February followed by their March sale which includes militaria, collectors items and clocks, and their April sale of classic cars, motorbikes and automobilia, for which they are now accepting further entries.

For further information regarding this auction, or to arrange a free home visit throughout the West Country, please contact Richard Bromell, Partner, at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset 01935 812277 or via their website www.charterhouse-auctions.co.uk on which the full catalogue will be available in due course.

Posted: 02|11|08 at 4:50 pm. Filed under: UK News.