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Auction: 24111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 382

(x) Three: Private John Lusk, 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot, late 17th & 45th Regiment of Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (No. 2440. John. Lusk. 71st H... Lt. Infy.), engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (John Lusk, 71st Highd. L.I.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, unnamed as issued, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine (3)

John Lusk was born c.1826 at Kilmarnock and served some 7 years in Canada (likely 1847-54), thence in the Crimea and India. Lusk was discharged in 1867 but having found his name in the Defaulters' Book on 32 occasions, was not entitled to the L.S. & G.C. Medal; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£210