Auction Catalogue

25 March 1997

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 516

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25 March 1997

Hammer Price:
£190

Victoria Cross, an old copy cross, the reverse suspension inscribed ‘Troop Serjeant Major John Berryman 17 Lancers’, very fine

Troop Sergeant Major John Berryman won the Victoria Cross in the Crimean War, for various feats of gallantry including saving the life of an officer in the Charge of the LightBrigade.