Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private P. Russell, 1st Regiment

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (P. Russell, 1st Foot) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, signs of brooch mounting to reverse, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, fine (2) £120-160

Peter Russell was born in Dublin in 1835. Enlisting into the 1st Regiment of Foot, he served 21 years with the unit. With a fragmentary newspaper cutting bearing his (faded) picture wearing his two medals and giving some service and personal details.