Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. Kerry, 7th Foot, who was wounded in the Magazine Explosion at the French Siege Train on 15 November 1855

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (4025 G. Kerry 7th R.F.) contemporarily re-engraved naming, traces of brooch mounting to reverse and suspension claw re-affixed; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (4025. G. Kerry H.M’s 1st Bn. 7th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (4025 G. Kerry 7th R.F.) contemporarily re-engraved naming, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine (3) £260-£300

George Kerry attested for the 7th Royal Fusiliers and served with them in the Crimea and India, and appears on the Casualty Roll for the Crimea where he is noted as having been wounded slightly in the Magazine Explosion at the French Siege Train on 15 November 1855. He subsequently served in the 35th and 88th Regiments, and was discharged at his own request from the 88th Regiment of Foot in 1871, after 16 years’ service.