Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, engraved naming (Edward Russell, 23rd. Regt. 1854) with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, minor edge bruising, very fine £140-£180

Edward Russell was born in Colchester, Essex, in 1815 and attested for the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Westminster on 1 April 1829, aged 14. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1854, and was discharged on 11 July 1856, after 21 years and 103 days’ service, of which 16 years were spent abroad, in Gibraltar (5 years and 11 months), North America (6 years and 8 months), and India (3 years and 5 months).