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

№ 599

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25 February 1998

Hammer Price:
£270

Pair: Private Joseph Miller, 42nd Royal Highlanders
Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (2004 Joseph Miller, 42nd Royal Highlanders) regimentally impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Lucknow (42nd Highlanders) contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (2) £250-300

Joseph Miller was tried for culpable homicide in 1880, and sentenced to 10 years penal servitude and the loss of his pension. Sold with copy service papers.