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12 November 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 449

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12 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£750

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Andw. Smith. 93rd Ft.) contemporary Hunt & Roskell engraved naming by the so-called ‘Diamond Geezer’ engraver, one unofficial rivet, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £300-£400

Refer ‘By Order of Her Majesty’, by Martin, Pickering and Satterley, page 128, 7.2.4, for reference to the ‘Diamond Geezer’ engraver at Hunt & Roskell.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts confirming Balaklava clasp to one of the ‘Thin Red Line’.