Auction Catalogue

4 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1009

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£200

Three: Sergeant W. Craig, Royal Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Srjt., 9th Btn. Rl. A [rty.]), officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2303 Sergt., Coast Bde. R.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Sergt., 9th Battn. R.A.), contemporary engraved naming, the first with contact marks and all with edge bruising, the latter partially obscuring unit details on the Crimea, otherwise generally about very fine or better, together with an attractive Masonic medal, silver and enamelled star-shaped award, with central (chipped) paste stone, the reverse neatly engraved, ‘To / Br. / Sergt. Craig / C.B. / From the Brethren Lodge No. 5 / L. & C. C. & L. / As a mark of esteem / Leith 27th Augt. 1866’ (4) £200-250