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

№ 1340

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£720

Pair: Private C. J. E. Hunt, ‘I’ Troop, Royal Horse Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Chas. J. E. Hunt, I. Troop Royal Horse Artillery) privately impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension, edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine (2) £500-600

‘I’ Troop, R.H.A. was present throughout the campaign in the Crimea, attached to the Cavalry division, and at the affair of the Bulganak, had the honour of firing the opening guns of the campaign. Together with ‘C’ Troop, they were the only Horse Artillery to qualify for all four clasps.