Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pve. Jas. Russ, 2d Dgs.), contemporary engraved naming, neatly refixed suspension claw, contact marks and edge bruising, better than good fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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Ex E. E. Needes Collection.

James Russ was born in the parish of St. Giles, Reading and enlisted in the 2nd Dragoons in March 1854, aged 20 years. Actively employed out in the Crimea for seven months, services for which he was awarded the Medal and ‘Balaklava’, ‘Inkermann’ and ‘Sebastopol’ clasps, Russ was discharged in November 1856 on account of a reduction in the Army and him ‘not being likely to become efficient.’