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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 45

(x) Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Mann, Grenadier Gds.), officially impressed naming, private rivets between third and fourth clasps, good very fine

Joseph Mann, a native of Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, is confirmed upon the rolls for all four clasps - the clasp 'Sebastopol' was often posted out loose as it was issued off a separate roll. The local newspaper recorded Mann had served with the 3rd Battalion and was one of five local men who came through the events of the Crimean War unscathed.

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£400