A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, top clasp loose on riband, as issued (John Thos. Kenney. 46th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, Sebastopol clasp somewhat polished, nearly extremely fine £460-£550

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Only a detachment of the Regiment, 6 Officers and 225 men, made up of Sir George Cathcart’s Honour Guard and two companies of the Advance Party, were present at the Battle of Alma, 20 September 1854, and the subsequent actions at Balaklava and Inkermann.

John Thomas Kenney died on 4 January 1855.