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

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, last clasp loose on riband, as issued (Edward Perks. 46th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, in named card box of issue inscribed ‘Edward Perks 46th Regt 2932’ to lid, extremely fine £300-£400

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 the Alma on 20 September 1854, and the subsequent actions at Balaklava and Inkermann.

Edward Perks was born in Slatfield and enlisted in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 12 May 1853. A groom by trade, he died of stomach complaints at Scutari on 30 January 1855.

Sold with an original letter from the War Department at Horse Guards to William Perks, as directed by the Secretary of State for War, confirming delivery of the above medal in commemoration of the recipient’s gallant conduct in the Crimean campaign, dated 10 June 1857. This a rarely seen document.