Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (Sergt. Josh. Miller 71st. L.I. 1847) engraved naming, with naming either side of steel suspension clip, fitted with top brooch bar, edge nicks and contact marks, very fine £140-£180

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Highland Light Infantry.

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Joseph Miller was born in Horsham, Sussex, in 1807 and attested for the 71st Regiment of Foot at Brighton, Sussex, on 27 December 1825. Promoted Corporal on 13 September 1832, and Sergeant on 9 May 1833, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1847, and was discharged that same year on 30 June 1847, after 21 years and 187 days’ service, of which four years and nine months were spent soldiering in Canada.

Sold with copied record of service.