Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pvte. John Cornish Scots Fs. Gds.) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming, housed in a fitted A. H. Baldwin & Sons, London, fitted case, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £400-£500

John Corniswh was born in Kilkhampton, near Stratton, Cornwall, in 1831, and attested for the Scots Fusilier Guards at Stratton on 25 June 1850, aged 19. he served with the Regiment overseas from 28 February 1854 to 5 July 1855, and was discharged, unfit for further service owing to palpitations of the heart caused by his war service, on 9 October 1856, after 6 years and 107 days’ service.

Sold with copied service details and medal roll extracts.