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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 419

The miniature dress Crimea Medal named to Captain J. G. Campbell, 42nd Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Capt. I. G. Campbell. 42nd. Foot.), contemporarily engraved naming, with Hunt & Roskell top riband buckle, good very fine

Note:
The recipient's full-size medal, named identically is known upon the market.

John Gordon Campbell was born in Glasgow on 24 February 1830. His great uncle was Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell. He purchased an Ensigncy in the Black Watch for £450 on 17 November 1848 and became a Lieutenant by purchase on 12 December 1853 and Captain by purchase on 9 May 1855. He retired by the sale of his commission on 9 May 1856 and died at Peebles on 30 November 1865.

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Sold for
£150