Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. Alfred Henry Waldy, 46th. Regt. 18 May 1855.) Hunt and Roskell engraved naming, the date neatly added by a different hand but in the same style to commemorate the fact that the medal was personally presented to the recipient by H.M. Queen Victoria on Horse Guards on that date, with the remnants of a top silver brooch bar, minor edge bruising, very fine £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Alfred Henry Waldy was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 14 December 1849, and was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 1 April 1853, and Captain on 29 December 1854. He served with the Regiment at the siege of Sebastopol 1854-55, and was among those veterans of the Crimea who were personally presented with their medals by H.M. Queen Victoria on Horse Guards on 18 May 1855.