Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Parr, 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pve. Willm. Parr 38th. Foot) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, minor contact marks to first, otherwise very fine (2) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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William Parr is confirmed on the Crimea rolls as entitled to Medal and three clasps. The 38th Regiment of Foot witnessed extensive action in the Crimea, being present at the Battle of the Alma in September 1854, the Battle of Inkermann in November 1854, and the siege of Sevastopol in the winter of 1854-55. The Regimental History further notes that an officer and 40 other ranks of the 38th Foot who were convalescing at Balaclava took part in the celebrated ‘Thin Red Line’ defence by the 93rd Highlanders.