Special Collections

Sold between 2 March & 1 December 2004

2 parts

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Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee

Oliver Stirling Lee

Lot

№ 149

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2 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£270

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (John Arnold, Ord.), officially impressed naming, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine £160-180

John Arnold’s Medal for “Sebastopol” is confirmed by Douglas-Morris, his award being one of those sent with its clasp attached, a distinction that confirms he was landed for service in the Naval Brigade.