The interesting composite Peninsular and Waterloo group of three medals to Lieutenant George...

The interesting composite Peninsular and Waterloo group of three medals to Lieutenant George Frederick Paschal, 2nd Line Battalion King's German Legion: Waterloo (LIEUT. G.F. PASCHAL, 2ND LINE BATT. K.G.L.), officially impressed but with engraved regimental number (possibly corrected), contact marks, very fine or better; Military General Service, glazed specimen, fitted with straight suspension and continental type vertical pin, 2 tailor's copy clasps: Nive, Nivelle, the frame engraved 'LIEUT FREDERICK PASCHAL, 2ND LINE BATT. K.G.L.', extremely fine; Hanover: Medal for Volunteers in the King's German Legion 1803-15, gilt bronze, unnamed as issued, good very fine or better; together with dress miniatures for the first and last; also offered with a collection of correspondence providing many interesting details of this man's career

Entitlement to the two British Medals is confirmed on the roll, and though the third cannot be confirmed it might be assumed to be correct. It would appear that at one time the recipient or his family held the three original medals and a duplicate set comprised of privately named specimens, which have at some point been incorrectly combined. An internet search will reveal a similar group in private hands, also attributed to this man, in which the Waterloo and the Hanoverian medals are glazed leading to the supposition that not only the Waterloo, but also the Hanoverian medal in this group is the original.

Later Lieut-Colonel 70th Foot. Also served command of auxiliary police for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and during the unrest that followed the passing of the Common Lodging Houses Act of 1851,