Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. Ball, Scots Fusilier Guards

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (2282 George Ball. 1st. Bn. S.F. Gds.) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, pierced as issued with small ring suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £400-£500

George Ball was born in Wimborne, Dorset, in 1819, and attested for the Scots Fusilier Guards at Romsey, Hampshire, on 27 December 1837. He served with the Guards overseas from 28 February 1854 to 4 July 1856, and was present throughout the Crimean War. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1857, and was discharged on 22 March 1859, after 21 years and 86 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.