Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (C. Jesson. 1st Bn Rifle Bde.) officially impressed naming, very fine
£1000-1200

Christopher Jesson was wounded at the capture of the Russian rifle pits, or ‘Ovens’ as they were known by the men of the Rifle Brigade, on 20 November 1854, and died at Scutari on 21 January 1855.