Auction Catalogue

21 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 46

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21 September 2007

Hammer Price:
£780

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lieut. M. W. Bell, 28th Regt.), officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £450-500

Montagu Wigley Bell was born in Portsmouth on 20 July 1825. He was commissioned an Ensign in the 66th Regiment on 12 July 1845 and advanced to Lieutenant on 9 April 1847. He transferred to the 7th Regiment in September 1847 and to the 28th regiment in April 1850. He died in the Crimea on 7 January 1855.