Auction Catalogue

25 February 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 72

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25 February 1998

Hammer Price:
£210

Crimea 1854-55, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. W. Kerr, 42nd Foot) contemporary engraved naming, much contact wear, therefore good fine £200-250

1025 Private William Kerr was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for the Crimea. He was one of seven Highlanders recommended as ‘Good and gallant soldiers, and not a day absent from their duty during the operations in the Crimea.’