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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 39

(x) A Crimea ‘Thin Red Line’ D.C.M. to Corporal W. Sinclair, 93rd Highlanders
Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. William Sinclair, 93rd Highlanders), suspension neatly re-affixed, having previously been recorded as 'soldered and no longer swivels', edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine

D.C.M. Recommended 8.1.1855

Sergeant William Sinclair, D.C.M., born Wemyss, near Kirkland, Fifeshire; enlisted in the 93rd Highlanders, September 1843; served with the Regiment in North America; in the Crimea (entitled to Crimea Medal with clasps for Alma, Balaklava and Sebastopol, and Turkish Crimea Medal); and in India (entitled to Indian Mutiny Medal with clasps for Relief of Lucknow and Lucknow); awarded L.S. & G.C., 1864; discharged with the rank of Sergeant, October 1864.

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