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№ 269

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17 July 2019

Hammer Price:
£750

Pair: Private W. Easter, 90th Light Infantry

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (3211. William Easter. 90 L.I.) regimentally impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (W. Easter, 90th. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £700-£900

William Easter served with the 90th (Perthshire Volunteers) Light Infantry in both the Crimea and in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, where the regiment took part in the operations against Lucknow as part of Havelock’s First Relief Force, and at the capture of Lucknow on 21 March 1858.