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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 75

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Butler, 7th Regt.), officially impressed naming, suspension claw re-affixed, nearly extremely fine

John Butler served in the 7th Regiment under the command of the brilliant Colonel Yea. At the Alma, the Fusiliers advanced to the right of the Great Redoubt engaging in a bitter musketry duel with the Kazan Regiment at 50 yards. Butler was subsequently severely wounded at Inkermann on 5 November 1854, dying of his wounds the following day.

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