Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Balaklava, Sebastopol (D. Andrews, 11th Hussars), officially impressed naming, fitted with an old silver riband buckle, clasps in order stated, upper right hand side-carriage detached by last clasp, contact marks and edge bruising, better than good fine £4500-5500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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Provenance: auctioned at Birmingham on 6 December 1897; in the Collett collection 1914; the Needes collection 1919, and sold at Glendining’s on 15 February 1923.

David Andrews was born at Taplow, near Maidenhead, Berkshire and enlisted in the 11th Hussars in October 1849, aged 19 years. Actively engaged with the regiment in the Crimea, he was present at the Battles of Alma and Inkermann and was slightly wounded in the charge of the Light Brigade; he was also present in the operations before Sebastopol.

After being discharged as a Corporal at Dublin in August 1861, Andrews settled in Gorton, Manchester, where he found employment as a packer with Messrs. S. & J. Watts. He attended the First Balaklava Banquet in 1875 and became a member of the Balaklava Commemoration Society in 1879. He died of pneumonia in February 1884, his funeral cortege through Manchester causing ‘great interest.’