Auction Catalogue

5 March 1996

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 41

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5 March 1996

Hammer Price:
£120

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (2719 James Griffiths, 44th Regt.) regimentally impressed naming, better than very fine

James Griffiths was born in Badenhand, Hereford, and enlisted at Hereford in September 1845. He was tried by Regimental Court Martial for being drunk on parade before Sebastopol on the evening of 23 April, 1855, being reduced in rank from Corporal. Sold with copy discharge papers.