Auction Catalogue

6 July 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 563

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£680

Three: Corporal J. Leach, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade

South Africa 1834-53 (J. Leech, 1st Bn. Rifle Bde.); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, plugged, fitted with ‘British Crimea’ style suspension, first with edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (3) £550-600

John Leach was born in Ballina, Co. Mayo and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Leeds on 29 August 1850, aged 17 years. Served with the 1st Battalion in the ThirdKaffir War, 1850-53 and was then in the Crimea, where he was wounded in the left leg during the first attack on the Redan,18 June 1855. He was discharged on 3 February 1863. Sold with copied service papers. [Note spelling of name: ‘Leech’ on medal, ‘Leach’ on papers]