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Sold on 20 August 2020

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The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Jack Webb

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№ 366

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20 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£60

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (4. Pte. W. Conlan. 77th. Foot) impressed naming, suspension sometime broken and repaired with replacement non-swivel suspension post, heavy edge bruising and the obverse showing signs of having been abrasively cleaned, therefore good fine £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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William Conlan was born in 1842 and attested for the 77th Foot as a Drummer Boy in Dublin on 29 December 1856, aged 14, one of four Drummer Boys enlisted on the same day (who were given Regimental numbers 1 to 4). He went from Drummer to Private on 2 March 1860, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1879. He was discharged unfit for further service on 30 April 1879.