United Kingdom. A Waterloo Medal 1815, To Private Peter Mcewan, 42Nd (Royal Highland) Regiment Of Foot ("The Black Watch") Auction a circle below the fasces

a circle below the fasces bearing the number "1" backed by green felt

President Theodore Roosevelt gave the keynote address at the ceremony

He was a pilot of a DH2 single seater aircraft and was wounded while engaging in aerial combat with an enemy aircraft over Bapaume on 11 March 1917

the wreath has been cracked and detached from the right side of the eagle

loop marked "800" with worn neck ribbon

United Kingdom. A Waterloo Medal 1815, To Private Peter Mcewan, 42Nd (Royal Highland) Regiment Of Foot ("The Black Watch") Auction a circle below the fasces(PETER McEWAN 42 R. H. JNFANTRY.). Naming is shaved and re engraved in large capitals, inverted, the "J" used instead of an "I" in "Infantry" as was the custom at the time before the latter became the norm. In silver, measuring 35. 5 mm in diameter, bruised, edge nicks, contact marks overall, replacement ribbon, fine. Accompanied by a letter from the Curator Major A. V. M. Chapman, M. B. E., T. D. of the Black Watch Museum at Balhousie Castle in