Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pve. Geo. Grimsdale. 57th Foot) contemporary engraved naming, top left-hand lug missing, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £240-280

George Grimsdale was born in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on 17 January 1829, and attested for the 57th Regiment of Foot at Canterbury, Kent, on 17 December 1846. He served with the Regiment during the Crimean War, before being discharged on 10 November 1856, after 9 years and 298 days’ service.