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A SCARCE BRITISH 'CRIMEA' MEDAL WITH FOUR CLASPS,
issued for participants in the Crimean war of 1854-56, made of silver and struck with the Wyon profile of Queen Victoria, the reverse with a Roman soldier, armed with a circular shield and short sword, being crowned by a flying figure of Victory, the edge struck with the number '653' and named in gothic script (rubbed, illegible, possibly "Dimock"), the blue ribbon with yellow edging supporting four co-joined clasps, 'INKERMANN', 'SEBASTOPOL', 'BALAKLAVA' and 'ALMA' respectively, the whole contained in a period small wall-mounted display case with glazed opening front door, the rear lined in pale blue silk
Provenance: The medal is struck with the number 653 and this number is made reference to in 'Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Roy Dutton, who lists service number '653' issued to Private William Dimmock of the 17th Lancers who took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade, and records the following:
"A groom prior to his enlistment. During the Charge Dimmock returned to the field and carried away Captain White who was severely wounded. To Scutari 1854 and to England 9th December 1854. Medal presented to him by Queen Victoria on Horse Guards Parade on the 18th May 1855. Appears in photograph with three other Chargers taken at the Brighton Cavalry Depot August 1855. On some records name also shown as Dimock".
Roy Dutton also records the medal in his book as '...in Needes collection 1918...', the Needes collection was sold off through various Auction Houses including Glendinings from the 1940's through to the 1960's.
The engraving of the name on the edge of the medal is not in a recognisable style of the period however and with the fourth clasp (the listing in Needes referencing three) it is not possible to positively identify this medal as being ex-Needes.
Literature: "Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Roy Dutton, page 293
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Estimate £250-350