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7 December 2022

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№ 329

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7 December 2022

Hammer Price:
£9,500

The Crimea Medal awarded to Private William Davies, 11th Hussars, who was killed in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854


Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Wm. Davies. 11th. Hussars.) officially impressed naming, sometime very lightly plated, nearly extremely fine £7,000-£9,000

Glendining’s, June 1910 and June 1917.

William Davies was a porter prior to enlistment and was killed in action at Balaklava on 25 October 1854. The 11th Dragoons converted to Hussars shortly after the Crimean War and medals are found officially impressed to Dragoons and Hussars.