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A rare Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Smith Royal Horse Guards Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (G. Smith Lieut. Royal Horse Gds.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. G. Smith Royal Horse Guards) fitted with silver clip and steel ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle; together with Coronation Medal 1838, official Royal Mint issue in silver, by B. Pistrucci; and a very fine oval portrait miniature of George Smith in the uniform of the Royal Horse Guards, by Andrew Plimer (1763-1837); also sold with, in gilt-metal frame, all contained in an old mahogany glass-fronted display case, reverse of clasp carriage distorted on the first, light edge bruising and contact marks on the second, otherwise generally good very fine (4) £8000-10000 Footnote George Smith was appointed Cornet in the Royal Horse Guards on 5 November 1812, and promoted to Lieutenant on 18 November 1813. He served with the regiment in the campaigns of 1814 and 1815, in Spain, France, and Flanders, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. He was promoted to Captain by purchase on 22 June 1820; Brevet Major, 10 January 1837; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 28 June 1838; and Major by purchase, 16 September 1845. He was still living in 1846 but disappears from the Army List shortly afterwards. The reverse of the frame has attached biographical and family notes. The miniature portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy, Winter 1951, and the reverse bears a label inscribed as follows: R.A. 1951 Artist: Andrew Plimer Ser. 485 Title: George Smith of Spetisbury, Dorset, Lt. Royal Horse Guards Owner: M. Du Plat Taylor, 6 Branstone Rd., Kew, Surrey.