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28 February & 1 March 2018

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Lot

№ 890

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1 March 2018

Hammer Price:
£950

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Gr. J. Willis. I. Troop Royal Horse A....llery.) regimentally impressed naming, edge details worn in places, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £500-700

‘I’ Troop Royal Horse Artillery was present throughout the campaign in the Crimea, attached to the Cavalry division, and at the affair of Bulganak, had the honour of firing the opening guns of the campaign. Together with ‘C’ Troop, they were the only Horse Artillery to qualify for all four clasps, and were detailed by Lord Raglan to support the Light Brigade at Balaklava.