Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Murkin, 63rd Regiment of Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (1260. J. Murkin. 63rd. Regt.) Regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s striking struck on a slightly thicker flan, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (2) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Dix Noonan Webb, March 2017.

James Murkin was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1819, and attested for the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot at Bury St. Edmunds on 25 January 1839. He served with the regiment in India, the Crimea, and in Canada, and was also awarded an Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5. He was discharged on 20 August 1860, after 21 years and 216 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers and other research.