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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 163

A Crimea Group of Three to Private J. Martin, 8th Hussars, Who Rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25.10.1854
Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte J Martin, 8th Hussars), impressed in serif capitals; France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver-gilt, silver, and enamel, enamel damage to obverse, lacking reverse central medallion; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, pierced, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3)

992 Private John Martin, served with the 8th Hussars in the Crimea; the citation for the French Medaille Militaire states: 'Charged with the Light Brigade at Balaklava; also present in the ranks at the Alma and Inkermann, and served with the Regiment throughout the War' (Forgotten Heroes, The Charge of the Light Brigade refers); subsequently served on the Expedition to Kertch in 1855.

Provenance: Colonel Gaskell Collection, May 1911 (on which occasion the Crimea Medal was listed as having three clasps Alma, Inkermann, and Sebastopol)
Glendining, December 1989 (Crimea Medal and Medaille Militaire only)

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