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Clasps: ALMA, INKERMANN & SEBASTOPOL.

Condition: VF.

$1,825.00

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Nicely Engraved from the period.

Condition: VF

Ex Dr. Payne Collection 1911.

An Officer of the 11th Hussars

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$495.00

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CRIMEA MEDAL NAMED TO: THOs. (THOMAS) JUDD. 30th REGT.

Officially Impressed naming.

Clasps: ALMA & SEBASTOPOL.

Condition: VF.

THOMAS JUDD (3558) is listed in the casualty roll as being WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF ALMA on the 20.9.54. His wound was severe enough for him to be evacuated to Scutari, Turkey on the 23rd Sept., 1854 from which place he did not return to duty in the Crimea until the 2nd April, 1855. He was then listed as present on the pay musters for the remainder of the war.

The 30th formed part of the First Brigade of the Second Division under the command of Brigadier General Pennefather.

The Regiment's casualties for the Alma were 1 Officer and 11 other ranks killed in action and 4 Officers and 63 other ranks (including Thomas Judd), wounded.

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$2,150.00

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CRIMEA MEDAL NAMED TO: WILLIAM NORRIS. 90th LIGHT INFANTRY.

Officially Impressed naming.

Clasp: SEBASTOPOL.

Condition: GVF.

Perthshire Light Infantry in the Crimea (90th Foot) formed part of the 2nd Brigade of the Light Division under the command of Brigadier General Butler.

The Regiment's losses for the Campaign amounted to:

47 killed in action

49 died of wounds

187 wounded in action

279 died in the East

229 invalided home to England

$2,295.00

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CRIMEA MEDAL NAMED TO: J. WATT. 10th. HUSSARS.

Clasp: SEBASTOPOL.

Officially Impressed Naming.

Condition: VF.

There is a slight bump near the "J" which does not detract from the medal at all.

This is a classic Regiment from the Crimean War.

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$595.00

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SCARCE // A DRUMMER KILLED IN ACTION //

CRIMEA MEDAL NAMED TO: D. W. HARRIS. 7th REGT. (Royal Fusiliers).

Clasps: ALMA, INKERMAN, SEBASTOPOL.

Officially Impressed Naming.

Condition: GVF and better.

Drummer 1709 William Harris is confirmed on the roll to his entitlement to the above three battle clasps. His name is also listed in the casualty returns as having been "killed in action" on the 8th of Sept. 1855 in the final attack of the Great Redan at Sebastopol.

The casualty roll for the Crimean War lists a total of 12 drummers K.I.A. for the entire war making this an extremely scarce medal for the rank.

The 7th or Royal Fusiliers formed part of the 1st Brigade of the Light Division under Lieut. General Sir George Brown. The 1st Brigade consisted of the 7th, 23rd and 33rd Regiments under the command of Brigadier General Codrington.

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The interior of Redan after it had been abandoned by the Russians.

$3,575.00

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CRIMEA MEDAL NAMED TO: SERJt. FREDk. EDMONDS. 23rd. REGT.

Officially Impressed Naming.

Condition: GVF and better.

A "tradition" that was gained at the Alma is from when some Russian drums were captured. These were painted in a black and white "dicing" pattern round the edges and this pattern can still be seen on the side drums of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment.

"From east to west the enemy's batteries were served with great rapidity, hence we were enveloped in smoke on what may be called the glacis and could not see much. We were only about 600 yards from the mouths of the guns; the thunder-bolts of war were, therefore, not far apart - and death loves a crowd. The havoc among the Fusiliers, both 7th and 23rd, was awful. Still, nothing but death could stop that renowned infantry. There were 14 guns of heavy calibre just in front of us, and others on our flanks - in all, some 42 guns were raining death and destruction upon us. A number of our fellows on reaching the top of the slippery bank were shot down and fell back dead, or were drowned in the Alma.

Up the hill we went, step by step, but with a fearful carnage. The fighting now became very exciting, our artillery playing over our heads, and we firing and advancing all the time. The smoke was now so great that we could hardly see what we were doing, and our fellows were falling all around; it was a dirty, rugged hill. When one gets into such a hot corner as this was, one has not much time to mind his neighbours. I could see that we were leading; the French were on our right and the 23rd Fusiliers on our left. We got mixed up with the 95th. Someone called out, 'Come on, young 95th - the old 7th are in front!

The fighting was not of a desperate kind. My comrade said to me, 'We shall have to shift those fellows with the bayonet, old boy' - pointing to the Russians."

Sergeant Timoty Gowing, Royal Fusiliers

$2,400.00

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CRIMEA MEDAL NAMED TO: CHAS. LEWIS. 68th REGT.

Clasps: ALMA, BALAKLAVA, INKERMANN & SEBASTOPOL

Officially Impressed Naming.

Condition: GVF

$1,875.00

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CRIMEA MEDAL NAMED TO: DRUMMER. WM. DURHAM. SCOTS. FUSILIER GUARDS.

Clasps: ALMA, BALAKLAVA, INKERMANN & SEBASTOPOL

Officially Impressed Naming.

Condition: GVF

$2,300.00

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TURKISH CRIMEA MEDAL NAMED TO: 1118. PTE. FLINT. 17th LANCERS.

Condition: VF.

Medal is correctly engraved for the period.

Being a foreign Award, information relating to the entitlement and issue of the Turkish Crimea to British Forces appears to be somewhat lacking. The following notes collated from contemporary War Office and Foreign Office correspondence may be of further interest.

Queen Victoria's generosity in conferring the British Crimea Medal on all Allied Forces personnel prompted a similar rush of generosity from French, Sardinian and Turkish Heads of State - the Sultan of Turkey seemingly being the most open-handed, whilst his French and Sardinian counterparts were far less liberal in allocating Medals and Decorations to their Allies.

21.2.1856 - The Sultan of Turkey announced his intention to distribute a silver medal to the Troops of the Allied Armies serving or having served in the Crimea. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Ambassador to Constantinople, requested information from Sir William Codrington C in C, Sebastopol, as to numbers required and who will be entitled... "Officers or Men of Her Majesty's Army" ... Codrington replied ... "taking the 8th September 1855 as a limit ... the approximate number required would be 3,000 for Officers and 50,000 for Men. If claimants exceeded these numbers, a supplementary list must be sent to the Turkish Government." A number of War Office letters went back and forth in March, complaining of not being informed about the Medal and being ... "kept quite in the dark about the Sultan's intentions."

$650.00