Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. Short 19. Comy. R.M.) contemporarily engraved naming, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, therefore fine £140-£180

William Short was born in East Quantoxhead, Somerset, in 1826, and attested for the Royal Marines at Taunton on 26 December 1845. He served in H.M.S. St. Jean d’Acre from 31 May 1853 to 7 November 1856, during the Baltic and Crimean campaigns, and later in H.M.S. Sans Pareil for service in China from 10 August 1857 to 27 January 1859. He was discharged on 12 April 1867, after 21 years and 104 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.