Single Campaign Medals 421
Baltic 1854-55 (Richd. Marshall Sto., H.M.S. Blenheim.) contemporarily engraved naming, suspension loose, polished, contact marks, nearly very fine
£120-£160 422
Baltic 1854-55 (J. Dark, Ord, H.M.S. Edinburgh.) contemporarily impressed naming, edge bruise, contact marks, nearly very fine
£120-£160 423 424 425 426 Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, very fine Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, traces of lacquer, minor edge bruising, good very fine Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, light scratches to obverse, edge nicks, very fine £100-£140 £100-£140 £100-£140
Stephen Banks served with the 97th (Earl of Ulster’s) Regiment of Foot in the Crimea, and is listed on the medal roll as ‘died’. Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (Stephen Banks, 97th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise, very fine £180-£220
427 428 Crimea 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed as issued, minor edge nicks, good very fine £80-£120
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (Sergt. Thos. Wetton. 95th. Ft.) contemporarily engraved naming, edge bruising and heavy contact marks, nearly very fine
£300-£400 D.C.M. Recommended 5 January 1855.
Thomas Wetton was born in Crich, Derbyshire, in 1822 and attested for the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot at Derby on 13 July 1840. Advanced Colour Sergeant on 17 May 1851, he served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and as a member of the Regimental Colour Party was severely wounded at the Battle of the Alma on 20 September 1854, resulting in his right leg being amputated. For his gallantry in the Crimea he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, together with a £15 gratuity, and in 1855 was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, with an Annuity of £10. He was discharged on account of his wounds on 29 January 1856, after 15 years and 202 days’ service. An outpatient of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, he died at Crich on 30 January 1899.
Sold with copied record of service and other research. 429
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (No. 384. T.S.M. Wm. Taylor. 12th Lans.) contemporary engraved naming, clasp loose on ribbon, edge bruising, otherwise very fine
£100-£140 430
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (4171. John. Bigley * 34th. Regt *) regimentally impressed naming, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine
£140-£180
John Bigley was born in Leicester in 1838 and attested for the Leicester Militia on 14 March 1855. He served with the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot during the Crimea War, and subsequently in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny (although not entitled to an Indian Mutiny Medal), and died at Jounpore on 14 May 1858.
For the Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to the recipient’s brother, see Lot 458. x431
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Serjt. R. Cark 9th. Battn. L.T.C.) contemporarily engraved naming with additional embellishments, minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine
£100-£140 432
Sold together with a copy Balaklava clasp. Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, clasp loose on riband, unnamed as issued, suspension claw loose edge bruise,
otherwise good very fine £100-£140 433
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann (Geo. Minkley. Scots Fusr. Gds.) officially impressed naming, minor edge nicks, about extremely fine
£400-£500 x434
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. Jos. Cragg. 1st. Batn. Rf. Bge.) contemporarily engraved naming, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, fair to fine
£160-£200
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