48th Foot Regimental Medal for the Peninsular War : Private T McLochlan, 48th Regiment of Foot

48th Foot Regimental Medal for the Peninsular War. Obverse: Engraved with a crown over '48' on a torse over a scroll with 'THOs McLOCHLAN' and '1819' below. Around the lower circumference 'NORTHAMPTONSHIRE'. Reverse: Engraved within a laurel wreath 'Vittoria', Pyrenees', 'Nivelle', 'Orthes' and 'Toulouse' on 5 lines. The medal is fitted with a silver wire bar suspender and a piece of 37 mm crimson ribbon which has dark blue edges.

These medals were awarded to soldiers of the 48th Regiment, prior to the issue of the Military General Service Medal in 1848, who had served during the Peninsula War between 1809 and 1814. The medals were made by the then convict silversmith and engraver, Samuel Clayton in Sydney. Clayton struck and engraved 242 medals. The recipient's name was engraved on the obverse and the battles in which he had fought (up to a maximum of 12 names) engraved on the reverse. In 2015 twenty-five of the medals were known to exist in private collections. All the recipients served with the regiment in Australia between 1817 and 1824. Private T McLochlan did not live long enough to claim his Military General Service Medal.