Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Coldbeck, 7th Hussars, late 4th Light Dragoons

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (James Colbeck [sic]. 7th. Husrs.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Jas. Coldbeck, 7th. Husrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, minor edge nicks to first otherwise nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700

James Coldbeck was born in Manchester and served with the 4th Light Dragoons in the Crimea from 25 May 1855. Transferred to the 7th Hussars at Aldershot on 1 August 1857, he served as a cavalryman throughout the Indian Mutiny and took part in the capture of Lucknow in March 1858. He died of cholera at Sealkote, India, on 20 May 1864.