Auction Catalogue

17 September 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 24

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17 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£400

Baltic 1854-55 (J. Carson, Rl. Sappers & Miners) officially impressed, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine and rare £400-500

A total of just 106 Baltic Medals were awarded to the British army.

Sold with a detailed article written by Gordon Everson ‘Sappers in The Baltic’ which lists all the recipients, including John Carson, whose trade is noted as ‘mason’.