The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Sowerby, Coldstream Gds.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise, good very fine £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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John Sowerby was born in Hetton, Co. Durham and attested for the Coldstream Guards at Durham on 17 February 1854, aged 18 years. He saw active service in the Crimea but died of diarrhoea at Scutari on 17 February 1855.

With inscribed (damaged) card box of issue and damaged and stained envelope addressed to ‘Rev. J. Uirl’. With copied roll extracts.