Three: Sergeant F. Oliver, 20th Regiment of Foot (Lancashire Fusiliers)

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Sejt. Frdk. Oliver. 20th. Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse (Sergeant Frederick Oliver 1851.) engraved naming, fitted with replacement silver bar suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, all three mounted from contemporary wearing buckles, generally good very fine (3) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals - The Property of a Gentleman.

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Frederick Oliver, a labourer, was born in Witley, Surrey, on 1 January 1810, and attested at Portsmouth for the 20th Regiment of Foot on 5 July 1824. Advanced Corporal on 30 September 1826, and Sergeant on 8 December 1832, he witnessed extensive service overseas in the East Indies, Bermuda and North America. Posted to the Crimea for six months from 31 August 1854, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal with £15 gratuity and took his final discharge at Chatham in consequence of ‘general failing health’ on 31 July 1855.

Sold with copied service record.