Auction Catalogue

30 June 1998

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 27

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30 June 1998

Hammer Price:
£650

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (1915. James Hanny, 93 Sutherland Highlanders) regimentally impressed naming, light surface scratching and edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine £300-350

After service in the Crimea as part of the ‘Thin Red Line’, James Hanny served in the Indian Mutiny and was severely wounded at the capture of the Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, on 16 November 1857. Sold with a copy of the medal roll confirming entitlement to the Balaklava clasp.