Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Private Samuel Algar, Rifle Brigade
Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (S. Alger, 2nd Batn. Rifle Bde.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Saml. Al[l]gar, 3rd Bn. Rifle Bde.) neat attempt to remove second ‘l’ of surname; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1302 Pte. S. Algar, 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1302 Pte. S. Alger, 3rd Rifle Bde.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed and fitted with Crimea suspension, some variation in spelling of surname, light contact marks to the first two, otherwise very fine and better (5)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Rifle Brigade.

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4188 Private Samuel Algar, 2nd battalion, Rifle Brigade, was severely wounded, in the right forearm by grapeshot, at the first attack on the Redan, 18th June, 1855 (London Gazette 3rd & 9th July, 1855). Sold with copy discharge papers and other research.