Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 338 x

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£520

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt. H. Guy, 4th Regt.), officially impressed naming, minor scratch to obverse, good very fine £450-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Kieran Collection.

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Herbert Guy, who was born in Dorset, enlisted in the 4th Regiment in May 1850, and had attained the rank of Corporal by the time of his arrival in the Crimea. He subsequently ‘died in camp’ before Sebastopol on 7 January 1855 (T.N.A. WO12/2236 refers).