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Auction: 24002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 150

The Crimea Medal awarded to Private J. Jay, 13th Light Dragoons, a possible charger at Balaklava who died in the Crimea

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. J. Jay. 13th Lt. Dragns.), contemporary engraved naming, nearly extremely fine

John Jay was born at Guildford and enlisted there into the 13th Light Dragoons at Guildford on 3 May 1846, aged 18. He served with the regiment throughout the campaign in the Crimea and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is possible that he may have taken part in the Charge at Balaklava. He was sent to Scutari on 4 December 1855 and died in the General Hospital there on the 8th of the same month.

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Sold for
£1,900

Starting price
£500