Lot 63
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PORTUGAL, Commander's Medal for Pyreneos, 40mm., gold and enamel, the outer edge inscribed, 'Rafael Ouseley, Tene. Coronel dos Regtos. No. 8 e 18', edge of central 'leaf' inscribed, '28 29 e 30 de Julho, 31 de Agosto de 1813', with 37mm. wide gold suspension, damage to blue enamel on one side, nearly very fine, with contemporary gilt mounting fitment and riband
PORTUGAL, Commander's Medal for Pyreneos, 40mm., gold and enamel, the outer edge inscribed, 'Rafael Ouseley, Tene. Coronel dos Regtos. No. 8 e 18', edge of central 'leaf' inscribed, '28 29 e 30 de Julho, 31 de Agosto de 1813', with 37mm. wide gold suspension, damage to blue enamel on one side, nearly very fine, with contemporary gilt mounting fitment and riband

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PORTUGAL, Commander's Medal for Pyreneos, 40mm., gold and enamel, the outer edge inscribed, 'Rafael Ouseley, Tene. Coronel dos Regtos. No. 8 e 18', edge of central 'leaf' inscribed, '28 29 e 30 de Julho, 31 de Agosto de 1813', with 37mm. wide gold suspension, damage to blue enamel on one side, nearly very fine, with contemporary gilt mounting fitment and riband

Lot Essay

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Ouseley, a Captain of the 63rd Foot, served with the Portuguese Army from November 1809 to September 1813. He was severely wounded 'in the operations of the Army' on 31.8.1813, while serving as a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 8th Portuguese Line Regiment (London Gazette refers), and on 25.11.1813 he received the rank of Brevet Major. Ouseley was awarded the British Army Gold Medal for the Pyrenees, as a Major of the Portuguese 18th Line Regiment, and a pension of £300 per annum, commencing on 1.9.1814 'for wounds' received in the Pyrenees.